Where does “uneliaisuus” come from?

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

uneliaisuus (Finnish): drowsiness, sleepiness

Definitions

  1. drowsiness, sleepiness

Ancestry of “uneliaisuus”, step by step

uneliaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish unelias

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuneliassleepy
2Finnishunidream; sleep
3Proto-Finnicunisleep; dream
4Proto-Finno-Permicune—

via Finnish isuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisuus—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic une →Every word from Proto-Finnic uni →Every word from Finnish uni →