Where does “Überlieferung” come from?
Überlieferung (German) comes from German überliefern, from German liefern, from Middle High German lieveren, from Old French livrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
Überlieferung (German): deliverance; tradition; hadith
Definitions
- deliverance; tradition; hadith
Ancestry of “Überlieferung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | überliefern | to hand down |
| 2 | German | liefern | to supply, provide; to deliver; to yield |
| 3 | Middle High German | lieveren | — |
| 4 | Old French | livrer | to deliver; to give birth; to deliver |
| 5 | Latin | līberō | — |
| 6 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 9 | French | lober | to lob |
| 10 | French | lob | lob |
| 11 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 12 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 13 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 14 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 15 | Latin | longitūdō | — |
| 16 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 17 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 18 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |