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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hek
Proto-Finnic
Alternative forms
- *höö
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *sej (whence also Northern Sami sii, Erzya сынь (synʹ)).
Pronoun
*hek
- they (plural)
Descendants
- Finnish: he
- Veps: he
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “he”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN