Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ambi

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.

Preposition

*ambi

1. around, about

Related terms

• *ambi- (prefix)

Descendants

• Brythonic:
  • Middle Breton: am, em
  • Old Welsh: im
    • Middle Welsh: am
      • Welsh: am
• Old Irish: imb
  • Irish: um
  • Scottish Gaelic: mu
  • Manx: mysh

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ambi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 32
• Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36