Where does “liikaunisuus” come from?
liikaunisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish unisuus, from Finnish uninen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
liikaunisuus (Finnish): hypersomnia
Ancestry of “liikaunisuus”, step by step
liikaunisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish unisuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | unisuus | sleepiness |
| 2 | Finnish | uninen | sleepy; drowsy; somnolent |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish liika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liika | excess; excessively |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | liika | excess |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |