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Where does “ëprē” come from?

ëprē (Proto-Samic) comes from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- — to become damp, cloudy.

ëprē (Proto-Samic): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “ëprē”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeann̥bʰrósrain-cloud, with semantic narrowing to rain,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeannebʰ-to become damp, cloudy

Words derived from “ëprē”

  • arvi
  • harvve
  • arve
  • аббьр
  • âbbʹre
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