Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/umbi

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

From Proto-Germanic *umbi.

Preposition

*umbi

  1. around [with accusative]

Descendants

  • Old English: ymbe, ymb, embe, ymbi, imbe
    • Middle English: umbe, embe
      • ⇒ English: umbe-, um- (archaic, or in dialects)
      • ⇒ Scots: umbe-
  • Old Frisian: umbe, ombe
    • Saterland Frisian: uum, ume
    • West Frisian: om
  • Old Saxon: umbi
    • Middle Low German: umme
      • Low German: üm, um
      • Plautdietsch: om
  • Old Dutch: umbe, umbi
  • Old High German: umbi
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