Where does “эн” come from?

эн (Dolgan) comes from Proto-Turkic sen, from Proto-Turkic sẹ- — thou.

эн (Dolgan): you second-person singular personal pronoun

Definitions

  1. you second-person singular personal pronoun

Ancestry of “эн”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicsenthou; you; Denotes "to be" for second person...
2Proto-Turkicsẹ-thou
Every word from Proto-Turkic sẹ-Every word from Proto-Turkic sen