vivahdejuuresta
Vivahdejuuresta is a Finnish term used primarily in historical and genealogical contexts to refer to the source or original basis for information about a betrothal (vivahde). The word combines vivahde (betrothal or marriage arrangement) with juuri (root, origin), and the elative suffix -sta meaning “from.” In practice, the phrase signals that a claim about a betrothal rests on a primary source rather than on later summaries or secondary accounts.
In archival and genealogical work, vivahdejuuresta denotes the evidentiary origin of a piece of information—for example,
The term is specialized and largely archaic, and it is not commonly used in contemporary legal language.