Where does “-as” come from?

-as (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

-as (Finnish): Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns

Definitions

  1. Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns

Ancestry of “-as”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
2Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “-as”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →