Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/uinudak

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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Unclear. Occasionally compared with Eastern Mansi (ajəw-), but this is highly dubious for phonetic reasons. The similarity to *uni is striking, but there is no regular derivational process that could explain *uni (*une-) → *uinu-.

Verb

*uinudak (stem *uinu-)[1]

  1. to fall asleep
  2. to sleep

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*uinu-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • uinuma”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012