Where does “silloin” come from?
silloin (Finnish) comes from Finnish se, from Proto-Finnic se, from Proto-Uralic śe — it.
silloin (Finnish): then, at that time
Ancestry of “silloin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | se | it; that; he, she |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | se | it |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śe | it |