Where does “kirjasin” come from?

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

kirjasin (Finnish): sort

Definitions

  1. sort

Ancestry of “kirjasin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-sinForms certain nouns, particularly those...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “kirjasin”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish -sin →
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