yöstä

Yöstä is the elative singular form of the Finnish noun yö, meaning night. In Finnish grammar, the elative case expresses origin or starting point and uses the suffix -sta or -stä attached to the noun stem. Therefore yöstä literally means “from the night.”

The noun yö is native Finnish, and its elative form yöstä is used when something is described as coming from, or beginning within, the night. This form follows the same pattern as other elatives such as vedestä (from water) or yöstä (from the night) in phrases describing time or space.

Common uses include time expressions that denote a starting point, such as yöstä aamuun asti, meaning “from night to morning.” The form also appears in idiomatic phrases like yöstä toiseen, which can convey meanings such as continuing through the night or night after night, depending on context. In literary or journalistic prose, yöstä helps set a temporal frame or scene by anchoring events to the night.

Notes: yöstä is not a standalone lexical item but a grammatical form of the noun yö. It is one of several elative forms used in Finnish to indicate origin, source, or starting point, particularly with references to time or movement. See also elative case and related forms like yötä, yö, and other time-based expressions.