From: Piotr Gasiorowski Message: 25881 Date: 2003-09-17
17-09-03 16:00, tgpedersen wrote:
> Where does this 'nasal prefix(?)' (mb-re:g^ etc) in Albanian come
> from (if that's what it is)?
Etymologically it's the same as Lat. ambi-, Gk. ampHi- and OE ymb-.
Albanian prefixes have been strongly reduced. A fuller version can be
seen in the preposition <mbi> 'on, over, about'.