Re: But where does *-mi come from?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "aquila_grande" <aquila_grande@...>
wrote:

> Some correction about finnish:
>
> Finnish has no contemporary allative in -n, however there once was
> an "lative" in some -n-like sound. To Helsinki is "Helsinkiin <
> helisnki-se-n", but "Helsingin" is genitive.
>

This is the illative case, -Vn.

talo - house, nominative and stem
taloon - into the house. Lengthened stem and -n, in modern Finnish.


Peter P