Where does “kambala” come from?
kambala (Pali) comes from Russian камбала, from Finnish kampela, from Finnish kampi, from Proto-Finnic kampi.
kambala (Pali): flannel; wool; woolen; woolen clothes
Definitions
- flannel; wool; woolen; woolen clothes
Ancestry of “kambala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | камбала | flounder, plaice, sole |
| 2 | Finnish | kampela | flounder, fluke, European flounder; flatfish |
| 3 | Finnish | kampi | crank |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kampi | — |
Words derived from “kambala”