veistoksista

Veistoksista is a Finnish grammatical form that serves as the elative plural of veistos (sculpture). In practice it is used to express "from the sculptures" or, more commonly, "about sculptures" in contexts such as titles, subtitles, or phrases describing subject matter. For example, Kirja veistoksista means "a book about sculptures."

Grammatically, veistoksista is the elative case in plural form. It contrasts with veistosten, which is the genitive plural meaning "of the sculptures." The choice between veistoksista and veistosten signals whether the intended sense concerns origin or source (from the sculptures) or ownership or association (of the sculptures). In common usage, veistoksista is frequently found in academic writing on sculpture, art history, and exhibition catalogs to denote the topic of discussion.

Etymology: veisto means sculpture, and the suffix -sta/-stä marks the elative case in Finnish; adding these elements yields veistoksista, the plural form used to indicate "from/about sculptures."

See also: veistos, veistosten, veistokset, taide, kuvanveisto.