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

Definitions

  1. you, ya

Ancestry of “sä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsinäyou second-person singular personal pronoun, used in familiar or neutral contexts, thou
2Proto-Finniccinäyou
3Proto-Uralictinäyou, thou

Words derived from “sä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic tinä →Every word from Proto-Finnic cinä →Every word from Finnish sinä →