Where does “-li” come from?

-li (Finnish) comes from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

-li (Finnish): Forms diminutive nouns

Definitions

  1. Forms diminutive nouns

Ancestry of “-li”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
2Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
3Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
4Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “-li”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →