Where does “se ja se” come from?

se ja se (Finnish) comes 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.

se ja se (Finnish): such-and-such, so-and-so

Definitions

  1. such-and-such, so-and-so

Ancestry of “se ja se”, step by step

se ja se traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjaand; AND
2Proto-Finnicjaand
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseit; that; he, she
2Proto-Finnicseit
3Proto-Uralicśeit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw
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