Where does “niin kauan kuin” come from?
niin kauan kuin (Finnish) comes from Finnish niin, from Finnish ne, from Proto-Finnic nek, from Proto-Uralic ne.
Ancestry of “niin kauan kuin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | niin | so, then, in that case; so, to this or that... |
| 2 | Finnish | ne | they, those; they; those, the |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | nek | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ne | — |