Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-ut

Etymology
Originally an adjectival suffix, from earlier *-wta, roughly equivalent to +. Later turned into a consonant stem, as the final *a was lost (like in ) and the affix became an e-stem in most descendants by analogy with other consonant stems: an earlier *-ute would have regularly gone through *-ute > *-uti > *-uci > *-uc. The original vowel is further shown in e.g. Estonian and dialectal Finnish, ,. Usage as a diminutive suffix is more recent.

Derived terms

 * ? (< *-(t)tut)
 * ? (< *-(t)tut)