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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂m̥bʰi

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From earlier *h₂n̥tbʰi, petrified from *h₂n̥tmís, the instrumental plural of *h₂énts.

Adverb

*h₂m̥bʰi[1]

  1. around, on either side of, about
  2. in exchange for
  3. facing, against

Descendants
  • Proto-Albanian: *ambi[2]
  • Proto-Armenian:
  • Proto-Celtic: *ambi, *ambi- (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *umbi (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *ampʰí (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Habʰí (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *amβi (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Proto-Tocharian: *āntӓp(ӓ)i (seemingly from a neuter dual in *-oih₂)[3]
    • Tocharian A: āmpi
    • Tocharian B: antapi

References
  1. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 401
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “mbë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 250
  3. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “antapi”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 15
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