Plemp

Limburgish Alternative forms li plimp Veldeke li Plimp alternative spelling li Plämmp Eupen li Plömp Plümp Etymology li. Various proposed etymologies exist: Of li qfa-sub - origin. Supported by the fact no obvious/clear cognates exist in other Germanic languages (except for westernmost Ripuarian gmw-cfr Plimp, li Plemp, which very well may be a borrowing from Limburgish or of the same substrate origin as proposed).nl A. A. Weijnen Etymologisch dialectwoordenboek 2003 Uitgeverij van Gorcum The Hague li Plemper (which was analysed as a plural form), from li Wemper eyelash (cf. de Wimper and nl wimper) with l-epenthesis and p-anticipation, from a compound of a first element thought to have been derived from li grc ἴονθος downy hair and a second element that is a reduced form of li Brau, li Brou brow.nl F. Debrabandere Limburgs etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van de woorden uit beide Limburgen 2011 Zwolle From li Flemp (note that pl- to fl- and vice versa is not an uncommon sound-shift in Limburgish), from earlier li vlimme fishbone, prickle of an ear of grain, from li dum vimme, an alternative form of dum vinne fin, from li gmw-pro *finnā, from li gem-pro *finnǭ, ultimately from li ine-pro *(s)peyh₂- pointy. It is also possible that li Flemp comes from this term instead. From li plempe to blink. Debrabandere compares it with dialectal li pempelen to blink and Brabantian nl plinken to wink. It is also possible that the verb is derived from the noun and not the other way round. Pronunciation li /ˈplemp/ li emp 1 Noun li noun f plural Plempe or Plemper li sp-DE rhedok lash, eyelash li Ougsbrau Flemm Flemp Wempel Wemper Derived terms li Ougplemp Ougsplemp plempe Plemphoor References li Hair Face