Where does “-da” come from?

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

-da (Finnish): A suffix present in certain first infinitives,...

Definitions

  1. A suffix present in certain first infinitives,...

Ancestry of “-da”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-dakSuffix of the first infinitive
2Tagalogdaktaogreat man
Every word from Tagalog daktao →Every word from Proto-Finnic -dak →