Where does “pimeän” come from?

pimeän (Finnish) comes from Finnish pimeä, from Proto-Finnic pimedä, from Proto-Uralic piľme — darkness; dark.

pimeän (Finnish): Genitive singular form of pimeä; of the dark

Definitions

  1. Genitive singular form of pimeä; of the dark

Ancestry of “pimeän”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpimeädark; under-the-counter, cash in hand; crazy
2Proto-Finnicpimedädark
3Proto-Uralicpiľmedarkness; dark
Every word from Proto-Uralic piľmeEvery word from Proto-Finnic pimedäEvery word from Finnish pimeä