Where does “over” come from?

over (Danish) comes from English over, from Middle English over, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

over (Danish): above; past an hour; across

Definitions

  1. above; past an hour; across

Ancestry of “over”, step by step

over traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English over

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoverDiscontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;...
2Middle Englishoverriverbank, seashore, brink
3Old Englishōferriverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border
4Proto-West Germanicobarover, above
5Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

via Old Danish ofær

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishofær
2Old Norseyfirabove
3Proto-Germanicubiriover; over, above
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér

via Danish overkrydder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishoverkrydder

Words derived from “over

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Indo-European upér