Where does “unissasaarnaaja” come from?

unissasaarnaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish saarnaaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

unissasaarnaaja (Finnish): sleeping preacher, trance preacher

Definitions

  1. sleeping preacher, trance preacher

Ancestry of “unissasaarnaaja”, step by step

unissasaarnaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saarnaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaarnaajapreacher
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish uni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishunidream; sleep
2Proto-Finnicunisleep; dream
3Proto-Finno-Permicune—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →