Where does “unenhätä” come from?

unenhätä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian uni, from Proto-Finnic uni, from Proto-Finno-Permic une.

unenhätä (Ingrian): insomnia

Definitions

  1. insomnia

Ancestry of “unenhätä”, step by step

unenhätä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian uni

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

via Ingrian hätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianhätäemergency
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic une →Every word from Proto-Finnic uni →Every word from Ingrian uni →