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Where does “nukkumassa” come from?

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

nukkumassa (Finnish): Third active infinitive of nukkua in inessive...

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  1. Third active infinitive of nukkua in inessive...

Ancestry of “nukkumassa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnukkuato sleep
2Proto-Finnicnukkudakto doze, to slumber
Every word from Proto-Finnic nukkudak →