Where does “sä” come from?
sä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sinä, from Proto-Finnic cinä, from Proto-Uralic tinä — you, thou.
sä (Finnish): you, ya
Ancestry of “sä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sinä | sinä; you , thou; Essive singular form of se |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | cinä | you |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | tinä | you, thou |