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Where does “unisesti” come from?

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

unisesti (Finnish): sleepily, drowsily

Definitions

  1. sleepily, drowsily

Ancestry of “unisesti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuninensleepy; drowsy; somnolent
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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