umbe

See also: umbé and umbe-

English

Alternative forms

• umb, um, umben

Etymology

From Middle English umbe, embe, from Old English ymbe (“around, about”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about, by, near”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”). Cognate with West Frisian om (“around”), Dutch om (“around”), German um (“around”), Danish om (“around, about”), Icelandic umb, um (“around”), Latin amb- (“around, about”), ambi- (“both”), Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “around, about”), Sanskrit अभि (abhi, “against, about”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌm/
• Rhymes: -ʌm

Preposition

umbe

1. (obsolete) Around, about; after.

Derived terms

• umbestound

Anagrams

• Embu

Middle English

Alternative forms

• embe

Etymology

From Old English ymbe (“around, about”).

Adverb

umbe

1. around
2. about

Preposition

umbe

1. around
2. about

Descendants

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

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• umbi

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.

Preposition

umbe

1. about, around

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: omme, ombe, om
  • Dutch: om
    • Afrikaans: om
  • Limburgish: ómb, óm

References

• Altniederfränkischer Psalm 2