Where does “nii” come from?
nii (Estonian) comes from Estonian need, from Proto-Finnic nek, from Proto-Uralic ne.
nii (Estonian): such, so; so, this way
Ancestry of “nii”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | need | these, they |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nek | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ne | — |