Where does “toiveuni” come from?

toiveuni (Finnish) comes from Finnish uni, from Proto-Finnic uni, from Proto-Finno-Permic une.

toiveuni (Finnish): pipe dream

Definitions

  1. pipe dream

Ancestry of “toiveuni”, step by step

toiveuni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishunidream; sleep
2Proto-Finnicunisleep; dream
3Proto-Finno-Permicune—

via Finnish toive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoivewish
2Finnishtoivoato hope for, wish; Partitive singular form of...
3Proto-Finnictoivodakto hope; to wish
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