Where does “kulmain” come from?

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

kulmain (Finnish): square tool for marking right angles

Definitions

  1. square tool for marking right angles

Ancestry of “kulmain”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kulmain

Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -inEvery word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in