Where does “-jain” come from?

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

-jain (Finnish): Forms agent nouns from verbs

Definitions

  1. Forms agent nouns from verbs

Ancestry of “-jain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
3Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “-jain”

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