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

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:
  • North Karelian: vemmel
  • South Karelian: vemmel
• Livvi: vemmel, bemmel, bembele
• Ludian: bembel
• Veps: bembel, vembel

Further reading

• “vemmal”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012