om
Norwegian
/ɔm/
preposition
Definitions
- around
- (when speaking of time) in (after a period of time)
- about
- during, in with words for seasons or times of the day
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse um inherited from Proto-Germanic *umbi (around, about, near, by), *jabai (when, if).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*jabai
Gloss
when, if
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- as if English
- endif English
- if English
- iffy English
- beobachten German
- darob German
- ob German
- obs German
- *e- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂m̥bʰi Proto-Indo-European
- *i- Proto-Indo-European
- bord Norwegian Bokmål
- krets Norwegian Bokmål
- ombord Norwegian Bokmål
- omkrets Norwegian Bokmål
- omslag Norwegian Bokmål
- slag Norwegian Bokmål
- utenom Norwegian Bokmål
- utenomekteskapelig Norwegian Bokmål
- utenomjordisk Norwegian Bokmål
- utenomrettslig Norwegian Bokmål
- *jabai Proto-Germanic
- *umbi Proto-Germanic
- *umbi- Proto-Germanic
- om Swedish
- om Norwegian Nynorsk
- gif Old English
- ymb Old English
- ymb- Old English
- ymbe Old English
- ymbgān Old English
- ymbsettan Old English
- ġif Old English
- if Middle English
- ef Old Norse
- um Old Norse
- umb Old Norse
- umboð Old Norse
- om Danish
- um Icelandic
- ibu Old High German
- ipu Old High German
- umbi Old High German
- obe Middle High German
- ob Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 Gothic
- אויב Yiddish
- *umbi gmw-pro
- ümber Estonian
- of Old Dutch
- umbi Old Dutch
- *umpi Proto-Finnic
- *ümpärik Proto-Finnic
- umbi Old Saxon
- umbi- Old Saxon
- jef Old Frisian
- umbe Old Frisian
- if Volapük
- um Elfdalian