Where does “aboon” come from?
aboon (English) comes from Middle English abone, from Middle English abuven, from Old English ābufan, from Old English bufan, from Proto-West Germanic *biobanā, from Proto-West Germanic *obanā, from Proto-Germanic ubanē, from Proto-Germanic upp.
aboon (English): Above
Definitions
- Above
Ancestry of “aboon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | abone | — |
| 2 | Middle English | abuven | — |
| 3 | Old English | ābufan | above |
| 4 | Old English | bufan | above |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *biobanā | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *obanā | from above |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ubanē | from above |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | upp | up, upwards |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ub | under |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |