Where does “unennäkijä” come from?

unennäkijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish näkijä, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.

unennäkijä (Finnish): dreamer one who dreams, sees dreams

Definitions

  1. dreamer one who dreams, sees dreams

Ancestry of “unennäkijä”, step by step

unennäkijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish näkijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäkijäseer
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish uni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishunidream; sleep
2Proto-Finnicunisleep; dream
3Proto-Finno-Permicune—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish näkijä →