Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ambi

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.

Preposition

*ambi

around, about

Related terms

*ambi- (prefix)

Descendants

Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: am, em
- Old Welsh: im
  - Middle Welsh: am
    - Welsh: am
Old Irish: imb, imm
- Irish: um

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*ambi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 32

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