Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pimedä

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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *piľme with the suffix *-ëda. The form is somewhat irregular; *pilmedä would be expected.

Adjective

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*pimedä[1]

  1. dark

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: pime
  • Finnish: pimeä
  • Ingrian: pimmiä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: pimei
  • Livonian: pi'mdõ, (Salaca) pimd
  • Ludian: pimed
  • Veps: pimed
  • >? Võro: pümme
  • Votic: pimmiä

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pimedä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)