Where does “tegenover” come from?

tegenover (Dutch) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

tegenover (Dutch): opposite; against, versus

Definitions

opposite; against, versus

Ancestry of “tegenover”, step by step

tegenover traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch over

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	over	over, above; over; remaining, left over
2	Middle Dutch	ōver	over, above
3	Old Dutch	over	—
4	Proto-Germanic	*obar	—
5	Proto-Germanic	uber	over; over, above
6	Proto-Indo-European	upér	above; over
7	Proto-Indo-European	upó	under, below
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₃ewp-	—

via Dutch tegen

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	tegen	against; to, towards
2	Middle Dutch	tegen	—
3	Middle Dutch	te	at, in; to, towards; at, during
4	Old Dutch	te	—
5	Proto-Germanic	ta	to
6	Proto-Germanic	tō	to
7	Proto-Indo-European	de	Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “tegenover”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →