Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ambō
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *ambô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃émbʰō ~ *h₃m̥bʰnés, from the root *h₃enbʰ- (“navel, hub”). Formal cognate with Latin umbō.
Noun edit
*ambō m
Declension edit
Masculine an-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *ambō | |
Genitive | *ambini, *amban | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *ambō | *amban |
Accusative | *amban | *amban |
Genitive | *ambini, *amban | *ambanō |
Dative | *ambini, *amban | *ambum |
Instrumental | *ambini, *amban | *ambum |
Descendants edit
- Old Saxon: *ambo (attested as ambon (plural))
- Middle Low German: amme
- Old High German: ambo, amban (< *ambanaz), ambana (< *ambanō) (secondary thematicization)
- German: Amen (Hessian)