-mine

Related to -ne and -line. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

-mine (genitive -mise, partitive -mist, comparative -misem, superlative kõige -misem)

1. derives adjectives from nouns or prefixes
   1. sise- (“inside, in”) → sisemine (“intrinsic”)
   2. pea (“head”) → peamine (“primary”)
   3. ala- (“down, under”) → alumine (“bottom, nethermost, under”)

From Proto-Finnic *-minën.

-mine (genitive -mise, partitive -mist)

1. forms verbal nouns from verbs, generally corresponding to the English gerund suffix -ing.
   1. sööma (“to eat”) → söömine (“eating”)
   2. esinema (“to perform”) → esinemine (“performance, performing”)

-mine

1. ablative singular of -men