Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-us
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology 1
editFrom *-s. The *-u- may be generalized from derivatives or by confusion with *-uc, or both.[1] The term may also derive more directly from Proto-Uralic *-wikse.[2] Perhaps also more directly from *-u + *-s.
Suffix
edit*-us / *-üs
- Forms some nouns from nominal stems.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Finnish: -us
Etymology 2
editSuffix
edit*-us / *-üs
- Forms action/result nouns from verbs.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Finnish: -us
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hakulinen, Lauri. 1941–2000. Suomen kielen rakenne ja kehitys ('The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language'). Helsinki: Otava/Helsingin yliopisto.
- ^ Ante Aikio (2022 March 24) “Proto-Uralic”, in Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Johanna Laakso, Elena Skribnik, editors, The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14 of 3–27