Where does “sinä” come from?

sinä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic cinä, from Proto-Uralic tinä — you, thou.

sinä (Finnish): you second-person singular personal pronoun, used in familiar or neutral contexts, thou

Definitions

  1. you second-person singular personal pronoun, used in familiar or neutral contexts, thou

Ancestry of “sinä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finniccinäyou
2Proto-Uralictinäyou, thou

Words derived from “sinä”

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