ymb

See also: ymb-

Old English

Alternative forms

• ymbe, embe, ymbi

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *umbi.

Cognate with Old Saxon umbi (Dutch om), Old High German umbi (German um), Old Norse um (Swedish om).

The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin ambi-, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí), Old Irish imb, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy, “towards, against, upon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ymb/

Preposition

ymb

1. around (surrounding or near)
2. about (concerning)

Derived terms

• ymbsittend

Descendants

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

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ymb”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.