英和和英

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *umbi.

Cognate with Old Saxon umbi (Dutch om), Old High German umbi (German um), Old Norse um (Swedish om).

The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin ambi-, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí), Old Irish imb, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy, “towards, against, upon”).

発音

• IPA: /ymb/

前置詞

ymb [with accusative or dative]

1. around (surrounding or near)
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCLXXVII Hēr Cynewulf ⁊ Offa ġefuhton ymb Benesingtūn ⁊ Offa ġenam þone tūn.

     Year 777 In this year Cynewulf and Offa fought near Benson and Offa seized the town.

2. about (concerning)
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Sċortlīċe iċ hæbbe nū ġesǣd ymb þā þrīe dǣlas ealles þises middanġeardes...

     I have now spoken about all three of this world's continents in brief...

派生語

• ymbsittend
• ymb-

派生した語

• Middle English: umbe, embe
  • ⇒ English: umbe-, um- (archaic, or in dialects)
  • ⇒ Scots: umbe-

参照

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ymb”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.