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Where does “unihalvaus” come from?

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

unihalvaus (Finnish): sleep paralysis

Definitions

  1. sleep paralysis

Ancestry of “unihalvaus”, step by step

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