The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*umbi“around”
- Old English · inherited fromymbgān“to go around, go about, surround”
- Middle English · inherited fromumbegon
- English todayumbego
From Middle English umbegon, from Old English ymbgān (“to go around, go about, surround”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to um- + bego, or umbe- + go.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*umbi all →
um-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.