Where does “minä” come from?

minä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

minä (Finnish): I; ego; self

Definitions

  1. I; ego; self

Ancestry of “minä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-FinnicminäI, me
2Uralic*minä—

Words derived from “minä”

Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →