Where does “-n” come from?

-n (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic -n, from Proto-Uralic -n — of.

-n (Finnish): Used to form the genitive case; Used to form the...

Definitions

  1. Used to form the genitive case; Used to form the...

Ancestry of “-n”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-nGenitive ending
2Proto-Uralic-nof

Words derived from “-n”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -n →Every word from Proto-Finnic -n →