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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *ambhor-
Meaning: tub, bucket
Old Indian: ambhrṇá- m. `a vessel (used in preparing the Soma juice)'
Old Greek: amphoréu̯-s m. `zweihenkeliger konischen Krug, auch als Mass für Flüssigkeiten gebraucht', demin. amphorídio-n, amphório-n
Russ. meaning: сосуд (ушат)
References: WP II 153 f
Comments: Cf. *amb-, *ab-. In Greek reanalyzed as *amphi-phoreus, and in Germ. partially as *aina-br- (i. e. in exactly opposite sense - depending on the number of handles in the vessel).
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Proto-Germanic: *ambria-z, *aimbria-z
Meaning: bucket
Old English: amber, ambor
Old Saxon: ēmbar
Middle Dutch: emmer, emer
Dutch: emmer, dial. emer
Middle Low German: emmer; amber, ammer
Old High German: ampri (9 Jh.), eimbar, einber; eimmer (Hs. 12.Jh.)
Middle High German: ɛmber, eimber, eimer, einber st. m. 'gefäss mit einem griffe, eimer'
German: Eimer m.
Comments: Considered to be borrowed from Lat. ( < Greek).
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