Where does “niin ja näin” come from?

niin ja näin (Finnish) comes from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

niin ja näin (Finnish): so-so, okay, comme ci comme ça

Definitions

  1. so-so, okay, comme ci comme ça

Ancestry of “niin ja näin”, step by step

niin ja näin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjaand; AND
2Proto-Finnicjaand
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish niin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniinso, then, in that case; so, to this or that...
2Finnishnethey, those; they; those, the
3Proto-Finnicnekthose medial?
4Proto-Uralicne—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →