Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ambô
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃émbʰō ~ *h₃m̥bʰnés (< *h₃énbʰ-on-), variant of *h₃nobʰ-, whence also *nabō (“nave”) and *nabalô ~ *nabulô (“navel”). Compare Latin umbō (“boss (of a shield)”) (< *h₃nbʰ-n-).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*ambô m[1]
Inflection[edit]
masculine an-stemDeclension of *ambô (masculine an-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *ambô | *ambaniz | |
vocative | *ambô | *ambaniz | |
accusative | *ambanų | *ambanunz | |
genitive | *ambiniz | *ambanǫ̂ | |
dative | *ambini | *ambammaz | |
instrumental | *ambinē | *ambammiz |
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *ambō
Further reading[edit]
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN