Where does “painajaisuni” come from?
painajaisuni (Finnish) comes from Finnish painajainen, from Finnish -iainen, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.
painajaisuni (Finnish): nightmare
Definitions
- nightmare
Ancestry of “painajaisuni”, step by step
painajaisuni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish painajainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | painajainen | nightmare |
| 2 | Finnish | -iainen | Forms certain nouns; Forms names of ceremonies... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ja | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ja | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ja | Forms the present participle |