Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/obar

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uber.

Preposition

*obar[1]

over, above

Descendants

Old English: ofer
- Middle English: over
  - Scots: ower
  - English: over
    - Northumbrian: ower
Old Frisian: over, uver
- Saterland Frisian: uur
- West Frisian: oer
Old Saxon: ovar
- Middle Low German: över, over, oever, aver
  - Low German: över
Old Dutch: over, ovir
- Middle Dutch: over
  - Dutch: over
    - Afrikaans: oor
Old High German: obar
- Middle High German: ober, over, uber
  - German: ober-

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 333: “PWGmc *obar”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 333: “PWGmc *obar”