Where does “uninen” come from?

uninen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

uninen (Finnish): sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

Definitions

  1. sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

Ancestry of “uninen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “uninen”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →
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