< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uber
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *ubiri
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *upér, *supér, ultimately from the root *upo. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”), Latin super (“above”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.βer/
Preposition
*uber
- over (moving across) [+accusative]
- over, above (positioned above) [+dative]
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *obar
- Old English: ofer
- Middle English: over
- Scots: ower
- English: over
- Northumbrian: ower
- Middle English: over
- Old Frisian: over, uver
- Saterland Frisian: uur
- West Frisian: oer
- Old Saxon: ovar
- Middle Low German: över, over, oever, aver
- Low German: över
- Middle Low German: över, over, oever, aver
- Old Dutch: over, ovir
- Middle Dutch: over
- Dutch: over
- Afrikaans: oor
- Dutch: over
- Middle Dutch: over
- Old High German: obar, ubar
- Middle High German: ober, over, uber
- German: ober-
- Middle High German: ober, over, uber
- Old English: ofer
- Old Norse: of, ofr-, ofr
- Icelandic: of, ofur-, ofur
- Faroese: ov, ovur-
- Norwegian: ov-
- Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar)