ymb

See also: ymb-

Old English

Alternative forms

ymbe, embe, ymbi

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ymb/

Preposition

ymb

around (surrounding or near)
about (concerning)

Derived terms

ymbsittend

Descendants

Middle English: umbe, embe
- English: umbe, umb, um, umben (obsolete)
- Scots: umbe-

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ymb”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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