Where does “vilkeuni” come from?

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

vilkeuni (Finnish): REM sleep

Definitions

  1. REM sleep

Ancestry of “vilkeuni”, step by step

vilkeuni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uni

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

via Finnish vilke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvilkeglint, twinkle, gleam
2Finnishvilkkuato flash, to blink, to flicker; to twinkle;...
3Proto-Finnicvilkkudak—
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