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

Definitions

  1. per se, in and of itself

Ancestry of “sinänsä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseit; that; he, she
2Proto-Finnicseit
3Proto-Uralicśeit
Every word from Proto-Uralic śe →Every word from Proto-Finnic se →Every word from Finnish se →