Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/piľme

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Etymology

Janhunen (1977) considers Proto-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

1. darkness

Adjective

*piľme

1. dark

Descendants

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

From *pi(ľ)metä:

• Proto-Permic: *pemit (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *pimedä (see there for further descendants)

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]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Further reading

• Entry #768 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.