Where does “iltapimeä” come from?
iltapimeä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilta, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
iltapimeä (Finnish): dark of the evening, dusk
Definitions
- dark of the evening, dusk
Ancestry of “iltapimeä”, step by step
iltapimeä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ilta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilta | evening |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish pimeä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pimeä | dark; under-the-counter, cash in hand; crazy |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pimedä | dark |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | piľme | darkness; dark |