Where does “Overijssels” come from?

Overijssels (Dutch) comes from Dutch Overijssel, from Dutch over, from Middle Dutch ōver, from Old Dutch over, from Proto-Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

Overijssels (Dutch): of, from or related to Overijssel a province in the eastern Netherlands

Definitions

  1. of, from or related to Overijssel a province in the eastern Netherlands

Ancestry of “Overijssels”, step by step

Overijssels traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Overijssel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchOverijssel
2Dutchoverover, above; over; remaining, left over
3Middle Dutchōverover, above
4Old Dutchover
5Proto-Germanic*obar
6Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

via Dutch S

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchS
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-
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