ambhi

Also m̥bhi. Around. Probably derived from *ant-bhi, “from both sides” (see ant-).

1. Reduced form *bhi.

a. by¹; abaft, but, from Old English bi, bī, be, by;

b. be-, from Old English be-, on all sides, be-, also intensive prefix;

c. beleaguer, from Middle Dutch bie, by;

d. bivouac, from Old High German bi, by, at. a-d all from Germanic *bi, *bi- (intensive prefix).

2.

a. Ember Day, from Old English ymbe, around;

b. ombudsman, from Old Norse um(b), about, around;

c. umlaut, from Old High German umbi, around. a-c all from Germanic *umbi.

3.

a. ambi-, from Latin ambi-, around, about;

b. alley¹, alley-oop, ambulance, ambulate, andante, funambulist, perambulate, preamble, from Latin amb-, around, about, in ambulāre, to go about, walk (*alāre, to go).

4. amphi-, from Greek amphi, around, about.

5. Celtic *ambi, around, in compound *amb(i)-ag-to- (see ag-).

 

[Pokorny ambhi 34.]

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