Where does “unenpuute” come from?

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

unenpuute (Finnish): sleep deprivation

Definitions

  1. sleep deprivation

Ancestry of “unenpuute”, step by step

unenpuute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uni

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

via Finnish puute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuteshortage; deficiency; shortcoming
2Finnishpuuttuato be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or...
3Proto-Finnicpuuttudakto catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on
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