um
Icelandic
adverb
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse um inherited from Proto-Germanic *umbi (around, about, near, by).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*umbi
Gloss
around, about, near, by
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
近
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂m̥bʰi Proto-Indo-European
- om Norwegian Bokmål
- *jabai Proto-Germanic
- *umbi Proto-Germanic
- *umbi- Proto-Germanic
- om Swedish
- om Norwegian Nynorsk
- ymb Old English
- ymb- Old English
- ymbe Old English
- ymbgān Old English
- ymbsettan Old English
- um Old Norse
- umb Old Norse
- umboð Old Norse
- ummál Old Norse
- om Danish
- ummál Icelandic
- umbi Old High German
- umbe Middle High German
- ümbe Middle High German
- Ëmwelt Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ëm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *umbi gmw-pro
- ümber Estonian
- umbi Old Dutch
- *umpi Proto-Finnic
- *ümpärik Proto-Finnic
- denumme Cimbrian
- umme Cimbrian
- umbi Old Saxon
- umbi- Old Saxon
- umbe Old Frisian
- um Elfdalian