Old English · noun
imbe
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- IPA
- /ˈim.be/
- Syllables
- ˈim · be (2 syllables)
Meaning
swarm of bees
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *imbī, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *a(m)pi- (“stinging insect, bee”). Cognate with Middle Dutch imme (Dutch imme) and Old High German imbi (German Imme). The proposed Indo-European root would also be the source of Ancient Greek ἐμπίς (empís), Latin apis.
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