Permic

[ pur-mik ]

noun

1. a subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language Old Permic, dating from the 15th century.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Permic¹

Perm ( Russian Permʾ ) + -ic, as translation of Russian pérmskiĭ

Example Sentences

The Permic tribes were driven westward by their eastern neighbors, the Voguls, and thus pressed upon their western neighbors, the Bulgars of the Volga.

From Project Gutenberg

The third, or Permic branch, comprises the idioms of the Votiakes, the Sirianes, and the Permians, three dialects of one language.

From Project Gutenberg