vaikutuksilta

Vaikutuksilta is a Finnish elative plural form of the noun vaikutus, meaning “from the effects.” It is used to indicate origin, basis, or source in contexts where multiple effects are being referred to. In standard grammar, the elative plural suffix -ilta/-iltä is added to the plural stem muodossa vaikutukset to yield vaikutuksilta, which translates roughly as “from the effects.”

In ordinary Finnish, the elative plural form vaikuksilta is most commonly found as part of larger phrases rather than as a stand-alone noun. It often appears in formal, technical, or analytical text where the writer discusses sources or bases related to a set of effects. The form is related to other constructions that express evaluation or description of effects, such as the adverbial or evaluative -taan/-tiltaan forms (for example, haittavaikutuksiltaan = in terms of adverse effects).

Relation to similar forms: while vaikutuksilta describes origin “from the effects,” other forms identify characteristics or evaluation of those effects, such as vaikutuksiltaan (in terms of effects) or vaikutuksista (from the effects, in various cases). The apparent flexibility of Finnish noun cases and compounding means vaikutuksilta can appear in combination with prefixes that specify the kind of effects, as in haittavaikutuksiltaan.

Usage notes: vaikuksilta is relatively specialized and tends to occur in written, analytic, or technical prose. In everyday language, speakers more often use other phrasing to express origin or basis of effects, or rely on the adverbial form vaikutuksiltaan when describing how something relates to effects.

See also: Finnish grammar, elative case, vaikutus, vaikutus, haittavaikutus.