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Where does “nukuksissa” come from?

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

nukuksissa (Finnish): asleep

Definitions

  1. asleep

Ancestry of “nukuksissa”, step by step

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