Where does “-äri” come from?

-äri (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

-äri (Finnish): Front vowel variant of -ari

Definitions

  1. Front vowel variant of -ari

Ancestry of “-äri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
2Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
3Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
4Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

Words derived from “-äri”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ri →