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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vembel

This Proto-Finnic 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-Finnic

Etymology

Sound-symbolic.

Noun

*vembel

  1. birch, whip
  2. (Northern Finnic) shaft bow, arch

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: vemmal
    • Latvian: vembele, vembels
  • Finnish: vemmel, vempele
    • Northern Sami: veambil
  • Ingrian: vemmel
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: vemmel, bemmel, bembele
  • Ludian: bembel
  • Veps: bembel, vembel

Further reading

  • vemmal in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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