Where does “-ia” come from?

-ia (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

-ia (Ingrian): Used to form continuative verbs from other verbs

Definitions

  1. Used to form continuative verbs from other verbs

Ancestry of “-ia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
2Proto-Uralic-j-—

Words derived from “-ia”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →