Where does “sysipimeä” come from?

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

sysipimeä (Finnish): very dark, pitch-black

Definitions

  1. very dark, pitch-black

Ancestry of “sysipimeä”, step by step

sysipimeä 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 sysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsysipiece of charcoal; charcoal; Third-person...
2Proto-Finnicsücicoal, charcoal
3Proto-Uralicśüdecoal
Every word from Proto-Uralic piľme →Every word from Proto-Finnic pimedä →Every word from Finnish pimeä →