Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-ssa

Proto-Finnic

Alternative forms

• *-hna
• *-ssä, *-hnä (front vowel harmony)

Etymology

From an internal locative morpheme *-s- + Proto-Uralic *-na (locative suffix), with simplification *-sn- > *-ss-, except in the alternative form *-hna where the *-s- underwent lenition instead. Cognate with Proto-Samic *-snē, Proto-Mordvinic [Term?].

Suffix

*-ssa / *-ssä

1. Inessive case ending.

Descendants

• Finnish: -ssa