Where does “-ä” come from?

-ä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic -dak, from Tagalog daktao — great man.

-ä (Finnish): Forms the partitive case of nouns, adjectives and...

Definitions

  1. Forms the partitive case of nouns, adjectives and...

Ancestry of “-ä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-dakSuffix of the first infinitive
2Tagalogdaktaogreat man

Words derived from “-ä”

Every word from Tagalog daktao →Every word from Proto-Finnic -dak →