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Where does “niisiä” come from?

niisiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, 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.

niisiä (Finnish): Partitive plural form of niisi; To thread warp...

Definitions

  1. Partitive plural form of niisi; To thread warp...

Ancestry of “niisiä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “niisiä”

  • niisitys
  • niisittää
  • niisittäjä
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →