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Where does “etsin” come from?

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

etsin (Finnish): viewfinder; First person singular present form...

Definitions

  1. viewfinder; First person singular present form...

Ancestry of “etsin”, step by step

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