Where does “niinpä” come from?

niinpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish niin, from Finnish ne, from Proto-Finnic nek, from Proto-Uralic ne.

niinpä (Finnish): so; indeed

Definitions

  1. so; indeed

Ancestry of “niinpä”, step by step

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-Uralic neEvery word from Proto-Finnic nekEvery word from Finnish ne
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