Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-nut

Etymology
The final *-Ut may be the same as the adjectival suffix, and possibly also be shared with , especially if it was originally *-t'ut as more recent evidence would suggest. If so, the suffix is *-n(V)-ut. The origin of the initial part is not known, but it is not impossible that it is simply, or is related to, the suffix, either in the locative or diminutive sense, or to the genitive ending (the Uralic genitive ending may have had multiple uses as an adjectival and adverbial suffix ).

Suffix

 * 1) (having) -ed;

Usage notes

 * After verb stems ending in *-l, *-n or *-s, *-nut is assimilated to the preceding consonant ( →, (stem *pakene-)→ ).
 * After verb stems ending in -t, the consonant is assimilated to the suffix *-nut ( (stem *haukkaita-)→ ).