Where does “-päs” come from?

-päs (Finnish) comes from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

-päs (Finnish): Used to stress a contradicting or surprising element in a sentence. Can be attached to all words. No clear translation into English

Definitions

  1. Used to stress a contradicting or surprising element in a sentence. Can be attached to all words. No clear translation into English

Ancestry of “-päs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
2Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
3Proto-Uralic-mte—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →