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Where does “sembla” come from?
sembla (Old Swedish) comes from Latin simila, from Aramaic סְמִידָא, from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯.
Ancestry of “sembla”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
simila
wheat flour; second-person singular present...
2
Aramaic
סְמִידָא
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3
Akkadian
𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯
—
Words derived from “sembla”
semla
semla
sämpylä
nakkisämpylä
grahamsämpylä
hampurilaissämpylä
juustosämpylä
kinkkusämpylä
rouhesämpylä
ruissämpylä
saksansämpylä
sämpyläjauho
sämpyläkenkä
vehnäsämpylä
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