todayShow more tänä (singular essive form of tämä) + suffix -än, for which multiple explanations exist: tänään is a reduction of tänäpänä, a dialectal word which would be cognate with Karelian tänäpäi, Ludian tänäpäi, Veps t'äńämbäi, Votic tänäpõin, tänäpä; and Livonian täm'põ and originally a contraction of tänäpäivänä (“on this day”).
reduced form of the instructive suffix -in, based on dialectal forms such as tänäin
third-person possessive suffix
illative suffix Compare Estonian täna, Udmurt туннэ (tunne, “today”).Show more
todayShow more tänä (singular essive form of tämä) + suffix -än, for which multiple explanations exist: tänään is a reduction of tänäpänä, a dialectal word which would be cognate with Karelian tänäpäi, Ludian tänäpäi, Veps t'äńämbäi, Votic tänäpõin, tänäpä; and Livonian täm'põ and originally a contraction of tänäpäivänä (“on this day”).
reduced form of the instructive suffix -in, based on dialectal forms such as tänäin
third-person possessive suffix
illative suffix Compare Estonian täna, Udmurt туннэ (tunne, “today”).Show more
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