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See also: ymb-
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *umbi.
Cognate with Old Saxon umbi (Dutch om), Old High German umbi (German um), Old Norse um (Swedish om).
The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin ambi-, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí), Old Irish imb, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy, “towards, against, upon”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
ymb
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ymb”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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