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Where does “-n” come from?

-n (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic -mē, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

-n (Northern Sami): Forms verbal nouns from verbs; Forms instrument...

Definitions

  1. Forms verbal nouns from verbs; Forms instrument...

Ancestry of “-n”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samic-mēForms action nouns from verbs
2Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “-n”

  • automatiseren
  • čállin
  • oaidnaleapmi
  • jápmin
  • vuoján
  • cuovkaneapmi
  • buollinolmmái
  • buollin
  • hállan
  • vuovdinhaddi
  • vuovdin
  • almmuheapmi
  • boksen
  • njuiken
  • ealán
  • boson
  • sárgun
  • atnin
  • allodatnjuiken
  • geahččaleapmi
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →