Where does “pimeys” come from?

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

pimeys (Finnish): darkness

Definitions

  1. darkness

Ancestry of “pimeys”, step by step

pimeys 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 us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic piľme →Every word from Proto-Finnic pimedä →Every word from Finnish pimeä →