Where does “-neen” come from?

-neen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -en, from Finnish -Vn, from Finnish -hVn, from Proto-Finnic -hen, from Proto-Finnic -sen — Illative case ending.

-neen (Finnish): Comitative case suffix in third person

Definitions

  1. Comitative case suffix in third person

Ancestry of “-neen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-enSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
2Finnish-VnForms the illative singular case
3Finnish-hVnForms the illative singular case
4Proto-Finnic-hen—
5Proto-Finnic-senIllative case ending
Every word from Proto-Finnic -sen →Every word from Proto-Finnic -hen →Every word from Finnish -Vn →