Where does “overtaker” come from?
overtaker (English) comes from English overtake, from Middle English overtaken, from Middle English overnimen, from Old English oferniman, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér.
overtaker (English): One who overtakes
Ancestry of “overtaker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | overtake | To pass a more slowly moving object or entity; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | overtaken | — |
| 3 | Middle English | overnimen | — |
| 4 | Old English | oferniman | — |
| 5 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |