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

around [+accusative]

Descendants

Old English: ymbe, ymb, embe, ymbi, imbe
- Middle English: umbe, embe
  - English: umbe, umb, um, umben (obsolete)
  - 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
- Middle Dutch: omme, ombe, om
  - Dutch: om
    - Afrikaans: om
  - Limburgish: ómb, óm
Old High German: umbi
- Middle High German: umbe, ump, ümbe, üm
  - Alemannic German: ume, umme
  - Bavarian:
    - Cimbrian: umme
    - Mòcheno: um
  - Central Franconian: öm, em
    - Luxembourgish: ëm
  - German: um, (umb, üm, ümb)
  - Yiddish: אום (um)

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