embhi-, empi-

    embhi-, empi-

    English meaning: a kind of mosquito or bee

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stechmũcke, Biene”

    Note: With taboo variation bh : p?

    Material: Gk. ἐμπίς, -ίδος “a mosquito “; O.H.G. imbi (oldest evidence impi pīano), M.H.G. imbe (*embi-o-) ‘swarm of bees, beehive”, previously late-M.H.G. “bee”, Ger. Imme, changing through ablaut O.E. imbe (*umbia) ‘swarm of bees”.

    References: WP. I 125, WH. I 57.