umbi

See also: umbi-

English

Noun

umbi

(medicine, colloquial) Short for umbilicus.

Adjective

umbi (not comparable)

(medicine, colloquial) Short for umbilical.

Old High German

Alternative forms

umpi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”); cognate with Old English ymbe (English umbe), Old Norse um.

Preposition

umbi

around

Descendants

Middle High German: umbe, ump, ümbe, üm
- Cimbrian: umme
- German: um, (umb, üm, ümb)
- Luxembourgish: ëm
- Yiddish: אום‎ (um)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”); cognate with Old English ymb, ymbe, Old Norse um.

Preposition

umbi

around

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