Where does “-ma-i” come from?

-ma-i (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

Ancestry of “-ma-i”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
2Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
3Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “-ma-i”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Finnish -ma →