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

According to EES, sound-symbolic.[1]

Noun

*vembel[2]

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

Inflection

Inflection of *vembel
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vembel *vempelet
accusative *vempelen *vempelet
genitive *vempelen *vembelden
*vempeliden
partitive *vembeltä *vempelitä
inessive *vempelessä
*vempelehnä 		*vempelissä
*vempelihnä
elative *vempelestä *vempelistä
illative *vempelesen *vempelisen
adessive *vempelellä *vempelillä
ablative *vempeleltä *vempeliltä
allative *vempelelen
*vempelelek 		*vempelilen
*vempelilek
essive *vembellä *vempelinä
translative *vempeleksi *vempeliksi
instructive *vempelen *vempelin
comitative *vembellek *vempelinek
abessive *vempelettä *vempelittä

Descendants

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

References

  1. ^ “vemmal”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vembel”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
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