Where does “uni” come from?

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

uni (Karelian): dream; sleep

Definitions

  1. dream; sleep

Ancestry of “uni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicunisleep; dream
2Proto-Finno-Permicune—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic une →Every word from Proto-Finnic uni →