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Finnish
Etymology
The town is named after the nearby lake. According to Sammallahti (1999), the word is of Finno-Samic origin (*timpele) and cognate with Northern Sami dappal.[1] However, Heikkilä (2012) argues that the Finnic word, from Middle Proto-Finnic *timpel, is borrowed from Proto-Samic *tëmpël.[2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Simpele
- A former municipality in Finland, merged with Rautjärvi in 1973.
Declension
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
- ^ Mikko Heikkilä. Etymologinen tapaus Tammerkoski. Sananjalka 54 (2012)