Where does “-ri” come from?

-ri (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

-ri (Finnish): Used to create names of occupations from nouns or...

Definitions

  1. Used to create names of occupations from nouns or...

Ancestry of “-ri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
2Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
3Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

Words derived from “-ri”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →