Where does “kündalʹ” come from?

kündalʹ (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic küünel, from Proto-Uralic küńele — tear.

kündalʹ (Veps): tear water from the eye

Definitions

  1. tear water from the eye

Ancestry of “kündalʹ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicküüneltear
2Proto-Uralicküńeletear
Every word from Proto-Uralic küńeleEvery word from Proto-Finnic küünel