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Where does “hän” come from?

hän (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic hän — he, she; it, for inanimate objects.

hän (Finnish): he, she, one, they

Definitions

  1. he, she, one, they

Ancestry of “hän”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnichänhe, she; it, for inanimate objects

Words derived from “hän”

  • kunhan
  • -han
  • hän-muotoinen
  • eiköhän
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