Where does “niitä näitä” come from?

niitä näitä (Finnish) comes from Finnish se ja tämä, 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.

niitä näitä (Finnish): this and that; used especially of a topic of...

Definitions

  1. this and that; used especially of a topic of...

Ancestry of “niitä näitä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishse ja tämäthis and that
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →