Where does “вымпел” come from?
вымпел (Russian) comes from Dutch wimpel, from Middle Dutch wimpel, from Old Dutch *wimpil, from Proto-West Germanic *wimpil, from Proto-Germanic wimpilaz, from Proto-Germanic wīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European wimb-.
вымпел (Russian): pennant, pennon, pendant
Ancestry of “вымпел”, step by step