Where does “unijakso” come from?

unijakso (Finnish) comes from Finnish jakso, from Finnish jaksaa, from Proto-Finnic jaksadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic jaksa-.

unijakso (Finnish): sleep stage

Definitions

  1. sleep stage

Ancestry of “unijakso”, step by step

unijakso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jakso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjaksoperiod; episode; passage
2Finnishjaksaato manage, to have enough strength; to manage, to...
3Proto-Finnicjaksadakto manage, to be able to
4Proto-Finno-Permicjaksa-—

via Finnish uni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishunidream; sleep
2Proto-Finnicunisleep; dream
3Proto-Finno-Permicune—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jaksa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic jaksadak →Every word from Finnish jaksaa →