Where does “-än” come from?

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

-än (Finnish): Front vowel variant of -an

Definitions

  1. Front vowel variant of -an

Ancestry of “-än”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-än

Every word from Proto-Finnic hän