Where does “-s” come from?

-s (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

-s (Ingrian): Used to form the inessive case; in, inside

Definitions

  1. Used to form the inessive case; in, inside

Ancestry of “-s”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
2Proto-Uralic-mte—

Words derived from “-s”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →