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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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Permic1

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

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