*uber

Runic: ᚢᛒᛖᚱ Pronunciation: /ˈu.βer/

preposition

Meanings

over (moving across)
over, above (positioned above)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *upér, *supér, ultimately from the root *upo. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér) (hupér, ‘above’), Latin super (‘above’).

Descendants

*obar (Proto-West Germanic)
- over, ovir (Old Dutch)
  - ōver (Middle Dutch)
    - euver, övver (Limburgish)
*obar (Proto-West Germanic)
- over, ovir (Old Dutch)
  - ōver (Middle Dutch)
    - over (Dutch)
      - oor (Afrikaans)
*obar (Proto-West Germanic)
- ofer (Old English)
  - over (Middle English)
    - over (English)
    - ower (Scots)
    - oer, ower, owr (Yola)
*obar (Proto-West Germanic)
- over, uver (Old Frisian)
  - uur (Saterland Frisian)
  - oer (West Frisian)
*obar (Proto-West Germanic)
- obar, ubar (Old High German)
  - ober, over, uber (Middle High German)
    - ober, ober- (German)
    - אייבער־ (eyber-) (Yiddish)
*obar (Proto-West Germanic)
- ovar (Old Saxon)
  - över, over, oever, aver (Middle Low German)
    - över, üöver (Low German)
𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar) (Gothic)

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