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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃émbʰō ~ *h₃m̥bʰnés (< *h₃énbʰ-on-), variant of *h₃nobʰ- (“hub, nave”), whence also *nabō (“nave”) and *nabalô ~ *nabulô (“navel”). Compare Latin umbō (“boss (of a shield)”) (< *h₃nbʰ-n-).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*ambô m[1]
- belly
- Synonyms: *balgiz, *kweþuz, *magô, *wambō
Inflection
Declension of *ambô (masculine an-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*ambô
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*ambaniz
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| vocative
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*ambô
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*ambaniz
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| accusative
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*ambanų
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*ambanunz
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| genitive
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*ambiniz
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*ambanǫ̂
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| dative
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*ambini
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*ambammaz
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| instrumental
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*ambinē
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*ambammiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *ambō
- Old Saxon: *ambo (attested as ambon (plural))
- Old High German: ambo, amban (< *ambanaz), ambana (< *ambanō) (secondary thematicization)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*amban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24