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.

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”).

Loss of expected *l in Finnic is unprecedented.

*piľme

1. darkness

*piľme

1. dark

• Proto-Samoyedic: *pəjmə- (“to be dark”)
  • Nganasan: хоймәгә (xojməgə, “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)

• 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) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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