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Where does “-kas” come from?

-kas (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

Ancestry of “-kas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
2Proto-Finnic-s—
3Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
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