Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ambrī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from *ain (“one”) +‎ *bar(ī), *bor, a derivative of *beran (“to carry”). Alternatively, perhaps borrowed from Latin amphora (“two-handled pitcher”).

Noun

*ambrī m

bucket

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ambrī
Genitive	*ambrijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ambrī	ambrijō, ambrijōs
Accusative	*ambrī	*ambrijā
Genitive	*ambrijas	*ambrijō
Dative	*ambrijē	*ambrijum
Instrumental	*ambriju	*ambrijum

Alternative reconstructions

*ainbar, *ainbarī, *ainbor

Descendants

Old English: amber, ambor, omber, ombor
- Middle English: ambre, anbre, almer
Old Frisian: *amber, *amer, *omber, *ommer
- Saterland Frisian: Ommer
- West Frisian: amer
Old Saxon: embar
- Middle Low German: emmer, ammer, amer, amber
  - German Low German: Emmer, Ammer
  - Plautdietsch: Ama
  - → Norwegian: amber (old spelling)
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: ambar
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: ambar
  - → Old Swedish: ämbar, ämbare
    - Swedish: ämbar
    - → Finnish: ämpäri
  - → Gutnish: ämbar
Old Dutch: *embar
- Middle Dutch: ember, emmer
  - Dutch: emmer
    - Afrikaans: emmer
      - → Fwe: mà-hèmêrè (via Lozi)
      - → Xhosa: i-emele
      - → Yeyi: ìhèmérè
    - Jersey Dutch: äämer
    - → Aukan: embele
    - → Caribbean Javanese: èmbèr
    - → Indonesian: ember
      - → Petjo: ember
      - → Ternate: ember
    - → Papiamentu: èmber, hèmber, èmer, hèmchi, èmchi
  - Limburgish: ömmer
Old High German: amber, ampri, eimbar, einber, eimmer
- Middle High German: amper, amber, eimber, eimer
  - German: Eimer, Amper
  - Luxembourgish: Eemer