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Where does “-sin” come from?

-sin (Finnish) comes from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

-sin (Finnish): Forms certain nouns, particularly those...

Definitions

  1. Forms certain nouns, particularly those...

Ancestry of “-sin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
3Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “-sin”

  • polkusin
  • korkeusperäsin
  • peräsin
  • kalvosinnappi
  • kalvosin
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