umbego
English
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To go around.
- (transitive) To go about; encompass; encircle; surround.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English umbegon inherited from Old English ymbgān (go about, go around, surround) derived from Proto-Germanic *umbi (around, about, near, by) prefix from English bego, go.
Origin
English
go
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atgo English
- bego English
- forego English
- forgo English
- forthgo English
- get-go English
- git-go English
- go English
- go at it English
- go forth English
- go pedal English
- go-cart English
- go-devil English
- go-to English
- goand English
- goback English
- goer English
- goest English
- goeth English
- goey English
- gofer English
- going English
- ingo English
- misgo English
- ongo English
- outgo English
- overgo English
- snowgo English
- thoroughgo English
- togo English
- undergo English
- withgo English
- *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂m̥bʰi Proto-Indo-European
- *jabai Proto-Germanic
- *umbi Proto-Germanic
- *umbi- Proto-Germanic
- ゴー Japanese
- om Norwegian Nynorsk
- ymb Old English
- ymb- Old English
- ymbe Old English
- ymbgān Old English
- ymbsettan Old English
- begon Middle English
- gon Middle English
- umbegon Middle English
- um Old Norse
- umb Old Norse
- umbi Old High German
- *umbi gmw-pro
- ümber Estonian
- umbi Old Dutch
- *umpi Proto-Finnic
- *ümpärik Proto-Finnic
- umbi Old Saxon
- umbi- Old Saxon
- umbe Old Frisian
- go Tok Pisin
- go Sranan Tongo
- go Pijin
- gokabaut Samoan Plantation Pidgin