Where does “minä” come from?

minä (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

minä (Veps): I

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “minä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-FinnicminäI, me
2Uralic*minä—
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →
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