Where does “-b” come from?

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

-b (Veps): Suffix of the third-person singular; -ing; forms...

Definitions

  1. Suffix of the third-person singular; -ing; forms...

Ancestry of “-b”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-piThird-person singular present marker
2Proto-Finnic-pa-ing; forms the present participle, which is...
3Proto-Uralic-pa—

Words derived from “-b”

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