Where does “nää” come from?

nää (German Low German) comes from Finnish sinä, from Proto-Finnic cinä, from Proto-Uralic tinä — you, thou.

nää (German Low German): Alternative form of nee

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of nee

Ancestry of “nää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsinäyou second-person singular personal pronoun, used in familiar or neutral contexts, thou
2Proto-Finniccinäyou
3Proto-Uralictinäyou, thou
Every word from Proto-Uralic tinä →Every word from Proto-Finnic cinä →Every word from Finnish sinä →