uudemmista

Uudemmista is a Finnish grammatical form meaning “from the newer ones.” It is the elative plural form of the comparative adjective uudemmat, used when referring to a subset drawn from a group of newer items.

Morphology and formation: The base adjective is uudempi, meaning “newer.” Its plural form is uudemmat, and the elative plural is formed by adding the suffix -ista/-istä to that plural stem, yielding uudemmista. This pattern parallels other demonstratives in Finnish, such as vanhemmista (“from the older ones”).

Usage: Uudemmista occurs in contexts where the speaker differentiates between newer and older items, proposals, or options and emphasizes selection from the newer subset. It is most common in written Finnish and in formal or academic discourse; in everyday speech, the form may be less frequent and some speakers might use simpler constructions.

Example: Päätös tehtiin uudemmista vaihtoehdoista. This illustrates the sense of choosing from among the newer options.

See also: Finnish grammar, elative case, comparative adjectives.