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Where does “nukkua” come from?

nukkua (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic nukkudak — to doze, to slumber.

nukkua (Finnish): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “nukkua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicnukkudakto doze, to slumber

Words derived from “nukkua”

  • nukutuslääkäri
  • nukutus
  • nukuttaa
  • nukute
  • nukahdella
  • nukkuminen
  • nukuksissa
  • nukkumassa
  • nukkuja
  • nukahdus
  • nukahtaa
  • nukuksiin
Every word from Proto-Finnic nukkudak →