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Where does “sitten” come from?

sitten (Finnish) comes from Finnish siten, from Finnish se, from Proto-Finnic se, from Proto-Uralic śe — it.

sitten (Finnish): then; when or whenever; used in some expressions...

Definitions

  1. then; when or whenever; used in some expressions...

Ancestry of “sitten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsitentherefore, thus; in that way
2Finnishseit; that; he, she
3Proto-Finnicseit
4Proto-Uralicśeit

Words derived from “sitten”

  • sittenkään
  • sittenkin
Every word from Proto-Uralic śe →