Where does “uoverkommelighed” come from?
uoverkommelighed (Danish) comes from Danish uoverkommelig, from Norwegian Bokmål overkommelig, from Norwegian Bokmål overkomme, from Danish over, from English over, from Middle English over, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar.
uoverkommelighed (Danish): insurmountability
Definitions
- insurmountability
Ancestry of “uoverkommelighed”, step by step
uoverkommelighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish uoverkommelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | uoverkommelig | insurmountable, overwhelming |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | overkommelig | manageable; affordable |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | overkomme | — |
| 4 | Danish | over | above; past an hour; across |
| 5 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 6 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 7 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |