Where does “-en” come from?

-en (Finnish) comes from Finnish -Vn, from Finnish -hVn, from Proto-Finnic -hen, from Proto-Finnic -sen — Illative case ending.

-en (Finnish): Suffix variant for the illative singular, see...

Definitions

  1. Suffix variant for the illative singular, see...

Ancestry of “-en”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-VnForms the illative singular case
2Finnish-hVnForms the illative singular case
3Proto-Finnic-hen—
4Proto-Finnic-senIllative case ending

Words derived from “-en”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -sen →Every word from Proto-Finnic -hen →Every word from Finnish -Vn →