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Where does “unenomaisuus” come from?

unenomaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish unenomainen, from Finnish omainen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

unenomaisuus (Finnish): dreamlikeness

Definitions

  1. dreamlikeness

Ancestry of “unenomaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishunenomainendreamlike, dreamish, dreamy, oneiric
2Finnishomainenclose relative/relation; the family; "genitive +...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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