Where does “pimetä” come from?

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

pimetä (Finnish): to darken, to get dark

Definitions

  1. to darken, to get dark

Ancestry of “pimetä”, step by step

pimetä 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 Ingrian pimmiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpimmiädarkness

Words derived from “pimetä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic piľme →Every word from Proto-Finnic pimedä →Every word from Finnish pimeä →
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