Where does “ma” come from?
ma (Estonian) comes from Estonian mina, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.
ma (Estonian): I; short form of mina
Ancestry of “ma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | mina | I |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 3 | Uralic | *minä | — |