Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *tum-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: black

Ket: tūm

Yug: tum

Kottish: thum; (Бол.) tuma "blackly"; Ass. (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.) tuma "blackly"

Arin: t́ūma (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.) "blackly", (М., Сл., Кл.) "blackly", (Лоск.) tümä "blackly, greyly"

Pumpokol: túma (Сл., Срсл., Кл.) "blackly"

Comments: ССЕ 289. Werner 2, 296 *t^hum.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *rVmV́

Meaning: black, dark

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *rVm

Yenisseian: *tum-

Comments and references : Differently in NSC 63.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rVm

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dark

Tibetan: rum darkness, obscurity.

Kachin: rim² be dusk, dark, nrim² the evening twilight.

Comments: Rawang rim-rim-na grey (na black); Naga *rVm 'red'. Ben. 84. Cf. also Bodo *ram 'cloud'.

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : RVMV

Meaning : dark

Eurasiatic : *rVmV

Afroasiatic : *riman-

Sino-Caucasian : *rVmV́

Austric : PAN *qirem 'dark'

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *rVmV

Meaning: dark

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *rēm-

Uralic: *rEmV (Dolg.: FU *r[ü]mke)

Kartvelian: *rum-

References: Долгопольский 1992, Bomhard 1996, 212-213; ND 1991 *rüHmV 'dark' (+ WChad.).

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *rēm-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: dark

Old Indian: rāmá- `dark, black'; rāmī́ f. `darkness, night'

Germanic: *rēm=, *rōm=

Russ. meaning: темный

References: WP II 342

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *rēm=, *rōm=

Meaning: dust, sooth

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old English: rōmig `blackened, sooty', cf. hrūmig `id.'

English: room `scurf on the head, dandruff'

Old High German: rām (13.Jh.) `staubiger Schmutz, Russ'; rāmag `schmutzig, russig' (8.Jh.)

Middle High German: rām, rān st. m. 'staubiger schmutz (bes. von der rüstung), russ'

German: dial. Rahm

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 1580

Root: rē-5

English meaning: dark

German meaning: `dunkel'

Derivatives: rē-mo- ds.

Material: Ai. rāmá- `dunkelfarbig, schwarz'; n. `Dunkel, Nacht'; rāmī f. `Nacht'; mhd. rām, rōm m. `Schmutz, Ruß'; nisl. rāma-legr `schmutzig'; ahd. rāmac, mhd. rāmec, rāmig `schmutzig, rußig', ags. rōmig `rußig', ne. room `scurf on the head, dandruff';

    ai. rātrī `Nacht' besser zu lat. lateō usw., oben S. 651 nachzutragen.

    Mit -u̯o-Formans: lat. rāvus `grau, graugelb'.

Pages: 853

PIE database: PIE database

Uralic etymology :

Number: 1548

Proto: *rEmV

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: colour

German meaning: Farbe

Mari (Cheremis): rǝm, rǝmälɣǝ (KB) 'Dämmerung', rümbalɣa (B) 'dämmern'

Udmurt (Votyak): ǯomi̮t (S), ǯomị̑t (G) 'Dämmerung'

Komi (Zyrian): re̮m (I P), rȯm (PO) 'Farbe', re̮mi̮d (Lu. Ud.) 'Dämmerung', re̮mdi̮- (S) 'sich verdunkeln, sich verfinstern' ( > Khanty V rimǝk, Kam. rimχǝ, O rămǝk 'Dämmerung'; Khanty > Selk. Ta. remi̮k 'dunkel, finster')

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *rum-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: темнеть

English meaning: to get dark

Georgian: rum-

Megrel: rum-

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 157, EWK 288. Долгопольский (1992), а вслед за ним Бомхард (1996, 212-213) сопоставляют с ПИЕ *remǝ- 'темный', ПФУ *r[ü]mke id.

Afroasiatic etymology :

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