Where does “überblicken” come from?

überblicken (German) comes from German blicken, from Middle High German blicken, from Old High German blicchen, from Proto-West Germanic blik, from Proto-Germanic bliką, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- — to shine.

überblicken (German): to oversee, to overview

Definitions

  1. to oversee, to overview

Ancestry of “überblicken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanblickento look
2Middle High Germanblicken—
3Old High Germanblicchen—
4Proto-West Germanicblik—
5Proto-Germanicblikąshine; look; metal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyǵ-to shine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bliką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic blik →