Where does “ei-” come from?

ei- (Finnish) comes from Finnish ei, from Proto-Finnic e-, from Proto-Uralic e- — this; not; the negative verb.

ei- (Finnish): non-

Definitions

  1. non-

Ancestry of “ei-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheino; The third-person singular form of the...
2Proto-Finnice-The negative verb
3Proto-Uralice-this; not; the negative verb
Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →