Where does “talvipimeä” come from?

talvipimeä (Finnish) comes from Finnish talvi, from Proto-Finnic talvi, from Proto-Uralic tälwä — winter.

talvipimeä (Finnish): dark, as dark as winter nights tend to be

Definitions

  1. dark, as dark as winter nights tend to be

Ancestry of “talvipimeä”, step by step

talvipimeä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish talvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalviwinter
2Proto-Finnictalviwinter
3Proto-Uralictälwäwinter

via Finnish pimeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpimeädark; under-the-counter, cash in hand; crazy
2Proto-Finnicpimedädark
3Proto-Uralicpiľmedarkness; dark
Every word from Proto-Uralic tälwäEvery word from Proto-Finnic talviEvery word from Finnish talvi