Finnish -a

← Finnish -ta (cognate)

← Finnish -j- (mention)

← Proto-Finnic *-da (inherited)

← Proto-Finnic *-ta (mention)

← Proto-Finnic *-dak (inherited)

← Proto-Uralic *-ta (mention)

→ Finnish -ta (mention)

→ Finnish -ta (link)

→ Finnish takapakkia (affix)

→ Finnish -V (mention)

→ Northern Sami -t (cognate)