Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ambô

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃émbʰō ~ *h₃m̥bʰnés (< *h₃énbʰ-on-), variant of *h₃nobʰ-, whence also *nabō (“nave”) and *nabalô ~ *nabulô (“navel”). Compare Latin umbō (“boss (of a shield)”) (< *h₃nbʰ-n-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑm.bɔːː/

Noun

*ambô m

1. belly

1. Synonyms: *balgiz, *kweþuz, *magô, *wambō

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *ambô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ambô	*ambaniz
vocative	*ambô	*ambaniz
accusative	*ambanų	*ambanunz
genitive	*ambiniz	*ambanǫ̂
dative	*ambini	*ambammaz
instrumental	*ambinē	*ambammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ambō
  • Old Saxon: *ambo (attested as ambon (plural))
    • Middle Low German: amme
  • Old High German: ambo, amban (< *ambanaz), ambana (< *ambanō) (secondary thematicization)
    • German: Amen (Hessian)

Further reading

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN