Re: More on dump etc.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

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> umpe 'closed, closed state' FP
> ?[ Finn. umpi 'closed state':
> ummessa silmin, silmät ummessa 'with closed eyes',
> tie on ummessa 'the road is snowed under';
> Estonian umbe 'closed, inaccessible, unbroken (of road), clogged,
> not ready, opaque, incomprehensible',
> umb, umbes 'quite, completely, over and over' |
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The SSA gives this origin for...
umpi - enclosed
ympäri - all around (lative case)
ympyrä - hoop, ring,

< germ. *umbi

Peter P