Where does “overliver” come from?

overliver (English) comes from English overlive, from Middle English overliven, from Old English oferlibban, from Old English ofer-, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

overliver (English): A survivor

Definitions

  1. A survivor

Ancestry of “overliver”, step by step

overliver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English overlive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoverliveTo survive; To outlive; live longer than; To live...
2Middle Englishoverliven
3Old Englishoferlibbanto outlive, survive
4Old Englishofer-used to form nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs...
5Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Indo-European upér