Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-in

Etymology 1
Originally diminutive, *-i- extracted from other stems (or by epenthesis, cf. etymology 2), final vowel elided and suffix turned into an e-stem by analogy with other consonantal stems, final *-m > *-n is regular

Etymology 2
From earlier *-jmi < *-ma, through a change in the final vowel as in and, and epenthesis. The final vowel was eventually elided. Ultimately from.

Inflection
In some descendants, later reformed by influence with the inflected forms of the comparative ending (stem *-mpA).

Descendants

 * (no longer usually productive)
 * (no longer productive)
 * (no longer productive)
 * (no longer productive)