Where does “sinä” come from?

sinä (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic cinä, from Proto-Uralic tinä — you, thou.

sinä (Karelian): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “sinä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finniccinäyou
2Proto-Uralictinäyou, thou
Every word from Proto-Uralic tinä →Every word from Proto-Finnic cinä →