Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ambô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃émbʰō ~ *h₃m̥bʰnés (< *h₃énbʰ-on-), variant of *h₃nobʰ-, whence also *nabō (“nave”) and *nabalô ~ *nabulô (“navel”). Compare Latin umbō (“boss (of a shield)”) (< *h₃nbʰ-n-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑm.bɔːː/

Noun

*ambô m[1]

  1. belly
  1. Synonyms: *balgiz, *kweþuz, *magô, *wambō

Inflection

Declension of *ambô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ambô *ambaniz
vocative *ambô *ambaniz
accusative *ambanų *ambanunz
genitive *ambiniz *ambanǫ̂
dative *ambini *ambammaz
instrumental *ambinē *ambammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ambō
    • Old Saxon: *ambo (attested as ambon (plural))
      • Middle Low German: amme
    • Old High German: ambo, amban (< *ambanaz), ambana (< *ambanō) (secondary thematicization)
      • German: Amen (Hessian)

Further reading

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*amban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24
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