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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *a(m)p-i-/e-, -b-
Meaning: bee, stinging fly
Old Greek: empís, -ídos f. `Stechmücke'
Latin: apis, -is, pl. gen -ium/-um f. `Biene'
Russ. meaning: насекомое (пчела ~ жигалка)
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *imbia-z
Meaning: swarm of bees
Old English: imbe (ymbe), -es m.? `swarm of bees'
Middle Dutch: imme, īme `bij, bijenkorf'
Dutch: imker (iemker, ijmker) m. `bijenhouder'
Middle Low German: imme
Old High German: imbi m. `Bienenschwarm' (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: imbe, impe, imme st./wk. m. 'Bienenschwarm, Bienenstand; Biene'
German: Imme f.
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 476
Root: embhi-, empi-
English meaning: a k. of mosquito or bee
German meaning: `Stechmücke, Biene'
General comments: Mit tabuierendem Wechsel bh : p?
Material: Gr. ἐμπίς, -ίδος `Stechmücke'; ahd. imbi (ältester Beleg impi pīano), mhd. imbe (*embi-o-) `Bienenschwarm, Bienenstock', erst spät-mhd. `Biene', nhd. Imme, ablautend ags. imbe (*umbia) `Bienenschwarm'.
References: WP. I 125, WH. I 57.
Pages: 311
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