Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tëmpël

This Proto-Samic 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-Samic

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably related to Finnish Simpele; possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *dumpilaz (compare Old High German tumphilo); Simpele may then derive from an earlier borrowing back from Sami into Finnic.

Noun

*tëmpël

  1. stream pool, calm and deep section in a flowing body of water

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Northern Sami: dappal
  • →? Finnish: Simpele (through Middle Proto-Finnic?)
  • →⇒ Finnish: Tampere, Tammerkoski

References

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