Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ubiri

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*uber

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér (ultimately from *upo + *-i).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈu.βi.ri/

Preposition

*ubiri

(with accusative) over (moving across)
(with dative) over, above (positioned above)

Adverb

*ubiri

over, above

Descendants

(Old English: yferra (adj))
Old High German: ubari, ubiri, ubere, uviri
- Middle High German: über
  - Central Franconian: üvver
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: übar
    Mòcheno: iber
  - German: über
    - → Serbo-Croatian: iber
  - Hunsrik: iwer
  - Luxembourgish: iwwer
  - Yiddish: איבער‎ (iber)
Old Norse: yfir
- Icelandic: yfir
- Faroese: yvir
- Norwegian: over
- Danish: over
- Old Swedish: yvir, ivir, over
  - Swedish: över; öv (dialectal)
- Gutnish: yfvar, yfver
- Dalian: yvyr
- Westrobothnian: øver, övi, yvi, ivi