Where does “-en” come from?
-en (Finnish) comes from Finnish -Vn, from Finnish -hVn, from Proto-Finnic -hen, from Proto-Finnic -sen.
-en (Finnish): Suffix variant for the illative singular, see...
Definitions
- Suffix variant for the illative singular, see...
Ancestry of “-en”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -Vn | — |
| 2 | Finnish | -hVn | Forms the illative singular case |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -hen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -sen | — |