How did uhn-uh come to mean “no” and uh-huh come to mean “yes” in English?

Question

Pretty much the title. Also curious if other languages have similar non-word sounds for negation/affirmation.

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Answer 1

Interesting thing that Ukrainian and Russian languages also have exactly the same uh-huh and mm-hmm. There is even a word for the first one – “угу” or “ага”. So probably it has the same origin? Never thought about it before