Where does “sen sijaan” come from?

sen sijaan (Finnish) comes from Finnish sen, from Finnish se, from Proto-Finnic se, from Proto-Uralic śe — it.

sen sijaan (Finnish): instead

Definitions

  1. instead

Ancestry of “sen sijaan”, step by step

sen sijaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsenGenitive singular form of se; it; its
2Finnishseit; that; he, she
3Proto-Finnicseit
4Proto-Uralicśeit

via Finnish sijaan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsijaanIllative singular form of sija; instead of
Every word from Proto-Uralic śe →Every word from Proto-Finnic se →Every word from Finnish se →
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