(ebhi?) : obhi : bhi

    (ebhi?) : obhi : bhi

    English meaning: around, from to, etc.

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “auf - to, auf etwas hin and es ũberwältigend”

    Material: O.Ind. abhi- prefix “from - to”, abhí preposition with acc. “to”, gthAv. aibī, jAv. aiwi, avi, aoi, O.Pers. abiy as prefix “to, around -”, as preposition m. acc. “to - toward “, with loc. “about, in regard to” (in Ar. abhi lies also partly *m̥bhi “before”, see above S. 34); Lat. ob “towards, to” appears only in the function, but not the sounds according to the partial successors from IE obhi (see under epi); Goth. bi, O.H.G. etc bi, bī “from - to (Goth.), with regard to, about” with acc.; “an, by” with dat. (loc.), also with instr., prefix “be-”, s. also under ambhi , above S. 34, which contains in final sound identical element; O.C.S. obь, оbъ as preverb “ around-, about-, to-” in оbь-stojati or оbъ-stojati “encircle”, in compounds, as obьdo n. “treasure, tribute”, in derivatives, as obьštь, R.C.S. оbьčъ “common” (*obhi-ti̯o-); intensified form obi- in russ -Church Slavic obichoditi “ to walk around, perambulate “; the form o, ob contains previous *op- (Lith. ap), see under epi.

    References: WP. I 124, Trautmann 1, Meillet Slave comm.2 155 f.