Where does “-in” come from?

-in (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-in”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
2Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “-in”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in →