Where does “pimeästi” come from?

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

pimeästi (Finnish): under-the-table, under-the-counter, secretly,...

Definitions

  1. under-the-table, under-the-counter, secretly,...

Ancestry of “pimeästi”, step by step

pimeästi 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 sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Uralic piľme →Every word from Proto-Finnic pimedä →Every word from Finnish pimeä →