Where does “painajaismaisuus” come from?

painajaismaisuus (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.

painajaismaisuus (Finnish): nightmarishness state or condition of being nightmarish

Definitions

  1. nightmarishness state or condition of being nightmarish

Ancestry of “painajaismaisuus”, step by step

painajaismaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish painajaismainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainajaismainennightmarish
2Finnishmainenworldly
3Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
4Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
5Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →