Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/imbī
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Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown; possibly related to Ancient Greek ἐμπίς (empís, “mosquito”), Latin apis (“bee”) via a European substrate,[1] though Kroonen rejects the Greek comparison.[2]
Noun
[edit]*imbī m
Inflection
[edit]Masculine ja-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *imbī | |
Genitive | *imbijas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *imbī | *imbijō, *imbijōs |
Accusative | *imbī | *imbijā |
Genitive | *imbijas | *imbijō |
Dative | *imbijē | *imbijum |
Instrumental | *imbiju | *imbijum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: imbe, ymbe
- Old Frisian: *em, *eme (in derivative emka)
- Old Saxon: *imbi
- Old Dutch: *imbi
- Old High German: imbi, impi