Where does “niinpä kai” come from?
niinpä kai (Finnish) comes from Finnish kai, from Finnish kaiketi, from Finnish ti, from English dit, from French dît, from Old French dit, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō — shoe.
niinpä kai (Finnish): I suppose, guess so
Definitions
- I suppose, guess so
Ancestry of “niinpä kai”, step by step
niinpä kai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kai | probably; maybe, perhaps |
| 2 | Finnish | kaiketi | probably; surely |
| 3 | Finnish | ti | Abbreviation of tiistai; dit |
| 4 | English | dit | To stop up; block (an opening); close compare Scots |
| 5 | French | dît | third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of... |
| 6 | Old French | dit | word; story; tale; past participle of dire |
| 7 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |