-n

Saami (Northern)

suffix

Definitions

Forms verbal nouns from verbs.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *-mē inherited from Proto-Uralic *-ma.

Origin

Proto-Uralic

*-ma

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-ma Finnish
-maton Finnish
-mo Finnish
-mus Finnish
mustelma Finnish
*-ma Proto-Finnic
*-mē Proto-Samic
*-ma Proto-Uralic