Where does “-Vn” come from?
-Vn (Finnish) comes from Finnish -hVn, from Proto-Finnic -hen, from Proto-Finnic -sen.
Ancestry of “-Vn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -hVn | Forms the illative singular case |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -hen | — |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -sen | — |