Where does “minuus” come from?

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

minuus (Finnish): selfhood; self

Definitions

  1. selfhood; self

Ancestry of “minuus”, step by step

minuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish minä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishminäI; ego; self
2Proto-FinnicminäI, me
3Uralic*minä—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →