Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/piľme

This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Uralic

Etymology

Janhunen (1977) considers Samoyedic *pəjmə- a derivative from *pi (“night”), suggesting a shorter Proto-Uralic root such as *piľe. SSA speculatively suggests a connection with *pilwe (“cloud”).

Reconstruction

Loss of expected *l in Finnic is unprecedented.

Noun

*piľme

darkness

Adjective

*piľme

dark

Descendants

Samoyedic: *pəjmə- (“to be dark”)
- Nganasan: хоймәгә (“darkness”)
- Nenets:
  - Tundra Nenets: пэвась (“to be dark”)
Permic:
- Udmurt: пеймыны (pejmyny, “to become dark”)

From *pi(ľ)metä:

Permic: *pêľmɨt
- Komi-Zyrian: пемыд (pemyd, “dark, darkness”)
- Udmurt: пеймыт (pejmyt, “dark, darkness”)
Finnic: *pimedä (“dark”)

References

Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN