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Where does “Obergruppenführer” come from?

Obergruppenführer (English) comes from German Obergruppenführer, from German ober-, from Middle High German ober, from Old High German obar, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

Obergruppenführer (English): a Nazi party paramilitary rank that was first...

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  1. a Nazi party paramilitary rank that was first...

Ancestry of “Obergruppenführer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanObergruppenführerObergruppenführer
2Germanober-over-; upper
3Middle High Germanober—
4Old High Germanobarabove
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 h₃ewp- →