Where does “minuus” come from?
minuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.
minuus (Finnish): selfhood; self
Ancestry of “minuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 3 | Uralic | *minä | — |