Where does “mones” come from?

mones (Finnish) comes from Finnish moni, from Proto-Finnic moni, from Proto-Finno-Permic mone.

mones (Finnish): which, what

Definitions

  1. which, what

Ancestry of “mones”, step by step

mones traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
2Proto-Finnicmonimany
3Proto-Finno-Permicmone—

via Finnish s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsthe letter s

Words derived from “mones”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic mone →Every word from Proto-Finnic moni →Every word from Finnish moni →
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