Where does “sinä-passiivi” come from?

sinä-passiivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish passiivi, from Latin passivus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

sinä-passiivi (Finnish): The usage of a second person singular pronoun in a passive (general) sense, as opposed to using it to refer to the person one talks to; considered a colloquial and proscribed feature in Finnish

Definitions

  1. The usage of a second person singular pronoun in a passive (general) sense, as opposed to using it to refer to the person one talks to; considered a colloquial and proscribed feature in Finnish

Ancestry of “sinä-passiivi”, step by step

sinä-passiivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish passiivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpassiivipassive voice; fourth person
2Latinpassivussubject to passion or emotion; passive
3Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

via Finnish sinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsinäyou second-person singular personal pronoun, used in familiar or neutral contexts, thou
2Proto-Finniccinäyou
3Proto-Uralictinäyou, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin passivus →