Old English · noun
umbor
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈum.bor/
- Syllables
- ˈum · bor (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- child
Meaning
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child
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
Origin obscure. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *unbur (“unborn child, womb-child”), from Proto-Germanic *unburaz (“unborn”, adjective), equivalent to un- (“un-, not”) + a derivative of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear”), related to Old English byre (“son, child, descendant”).
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