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.

niin kauan kuin (Finnish): as long as for some period of time

Definitions

  1. as long as for some period of time

Ancestry of “niin kauan kuin”, step by step

niin kauan kuin traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish niin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniinso, then, in that case; so, to this or that...
2Finnishnethey, those; they; those, the
3Proto-Finnicnekthose medial?
4Proto-Uralicne—

via Finnish kuin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuinas if; as well as; used in yhtä kuin and niin...
2Finnishkukawho; which one; whoever; who, when the pronoun...

via Finnish kauan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauana long time
2Finnishkauko-far, remote, long-distance
Every word from Proto-Uralic ne →Every word from Proto-Finnic nek →Every word from Finnish ne →