Where does “kuivain” come from?

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

kuivain (Finnish): dryer; Genitive plural form of kuiva

Definitions

  1. dryer; Genitive plural form of kuiva

Ancestry of “kuivain”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kuivain”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in →