Where does “märkä uni” come from?

märkä uni (Finnish) comes from Finnish uni, from Proto-Finnic uni, from Proto-Finno-Permic une.

märkä uni (Finnish): wet dream

Definitions

  1. wet dream

Ancestry of “märkä uni”, step by step

märkä uni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishunidream; sleep
2Proto-Finnicunisleep; dream
3Proto-Finno-Permicune—

via Finnish märkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmärkäwet; pus
2Proto-Finnicmärkäwet, moist; pus
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic une →Every word from Proto-Finnic uni →Every word from Finnish uni →