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Where does “-maan” come from?

-maan (Dutch) comes from Finnish -hän, from Finnish hän, from Proto-Finnic hän — he, she; it, for inanimate objects.

-maan (Dutch): -maniac

Definitions

  1. -maniac

Ancestry of “-maan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-hänAlternative form of -hVn
2Finnishhänhe, she, one, they
3Proto-Finnichänhe, she; it, for inanimate objects

Words derived from “-maan”

  • pyromaan
Every word from Proto-Finnic hän →