Where does “overbelaste” come from?

overbelaste (Danish) comes from Danish belaste, from Danish be-, from Middle Low German be-, from Old Saxon bi-, from Old Saxon bī, from Old English bī-, from Old English bī, from Proto-West Germanic bī — on, onto.

overbelaste (Danish): to overload, overburden

Definitions

  1. to overload, overburden

Ancestry of “overbelaste”, step by step

overbelaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish belaste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishbelasteTo encumber
2Danishbe-Forms adjectives from nouns, with the sense...
3Middle Low Germanbe-Makes an intransitive verb transitive or denotes...
4Old Saxonbi-A productive prefix usually used to form verbs...
5Old Saxonby, near, around
6Old Englishbī-by, near, around; by-
7Old Englishlullaby!; near, by; by, near, around
8Proto-West Germanicby, at; near, around
9Proto-Germanicbiby, at; near, around
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂m̥bʰiaround, on either side of, about; in exchange...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂n̥tbʰi
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Danish over

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishoverabove; past an hour; across
2EnglishoverDiscontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;...
3Middle Englishoverriverbank, seashore, brink
4Old Englishōferriverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border
5Proto-West Germanicobarover, above
6Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts
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