Where does “-ma” come from?

-ma (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

-ma (Estonian): Forms verbs from nouns; The suffix of the...

Definitions

  1. Forms verbs from nouns; The suffix of the...

Ancestry of “-ma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
2Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “-ma”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →