Where does “teräsin” come from?

teräsin (Finnish) comes from Finnish -sin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

Ancestry of “teräsin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-sinForms certain nouns, particularly those...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -inEvery word from Finnish -sin
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