-an

Finnish

suffix
Definitions
  • (personal) Forms the impersonal indicative present forms of verbs that include back vowels (a, o or u or i or e with a, o or u &mdash, compare m

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *-hen.

Origin

Proto-Finnic

*-hen

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