Where does “het” come from?

het (Kven) comes from Finnish he, from Finnish -t, from Proto-Finnic -t, from Proto-Uralic -t.

het (Kven): they

Definitions

  1. they

Ancestry of “het”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhethey; he
2Finnish-tForms the nominative plural; Forms the accusative...
3Proto-Finnic-tEnding of nominative and accusative plural
4Proto-Uralic-t—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -t →Every word from Finnish -t →Every word from Finnish he →
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