Where does “-lain” come from?

-lain (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic -lainen, from Proto-Finnic -la — locative suffix.

-lain (Votic): Forms nouns with the meaning of "inhabitant", or...

Definitions

  1. Forms nouns with the meaning of "inhabitant", or...

Ancestry of “-lain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-lainenForms adjectives relating to a place
2Proto-Finnic-lalocative suffix

Words derived from “-lain”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -la →Every word from Proto-Finnic -lainen →