Where does “pimeänpelko” come from?

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

pimeänpelko (Finnish): nyctophobia, scotophobia

Definitions

  1. nyctophobia, scotophobia

Ancestry of “pimeänpelko”, step by step

pimeänpelko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pimeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpimeädark; under-the-counter, cash in hand; crazy
2Proto-Finnicpimedädark
3Proto-Uralicpiľmedarkness; dark

via Finnish pelko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelkofear, dread
2Proto-Finnicpelkofear, dread
Every word from Proto-Uralic piľme →Every word from Proto-Finnic pimedä →Every word from Finnish pimeä →