Where does “-pi” come from?

-pi (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Finnic -pa, from Proto-Uralic -pa.

-pi (Proto-Finnic): Third-person singular present marker

Definitions

  1. Third-person singular present marker

Ancestry of “-pi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-pa-ing; forms the present participle, which is...
2Proto-Uralic-pa—

Words derived from “-pi”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -pa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -pa →
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