Where does “tunnilleen” come from?

tunnilleen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -Vn, from Finnish -hVn, from Proto-Finnic -hen, from Proto-Finnic -sen — Illative case ending.

tunnilleen (Finnish): (down) to the hour

Definitions

  1. (down) to the hour

Ancestry of “tunnilleen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-VnForms the illative singular case
2Finnish-hVnForms the illative singular case
3Proto-Finnic-hen—
4Proto-Finnic-senIllative case ending
Every word from Proto-Finnic -sen →Every word from Proto-Finnic -hen →Every word from Finnish -Vn →