Where does “painajaismaisesti” come from?
painajaismaisesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish painajaismainen, from Finnish mainen, from Finnish maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.
painajaismaisesti (Finnish): nightmarishly in a nightmarish manner
Definitions
- nightmarishly in a nightmarish manner
Ancestry of “painajaismaisesti”, step by step
painajaismaisesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish painajaismainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | painajaismainen | nightmarish |
| 2 | Finnish | mainen | worldly |
| 3 | Finnish | maa | earth; soil; land |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | maa | earth, ground, soil; land, country |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | mëxe | earth, land |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂s | great |
via Finnish sti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sti | — |