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