-hinen

Finnish Etymology From fi urj-fin-pro *-hinën, a variant of fi -inen with a -h- (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more details). Suffix noun adjective hise Forms nouns or adjectives of belonging to or possessing a particular quality. Usage notes This suffix often loses the fi -h- in many dialects (including those that form the basis for the standard language), which can make it difficult to determine whether a suffix was originally fi -inen or fi -hinen. One sign is the form the word takes when attached to an e-stem nominal (i.e. a nominal ending in fi -i in the nominative form that turns into an fi -e- when inflected): fi käsi → fi kätinen (fi -inen), fi käteinen (fi -hinen). Another is the presence of a variant that retains the fi -h- in dialects. Declension See fi -inen. Derived terms fi References