Where does “überdies” come from?
überdies (German) comes from German dies, from German dieses, from German dieser, from Middle High German diser, from Old High German dese, from Proto-West Germanic *þes, from Proto-Germanic þat, from Proto-Indo-European tód — this; that.
überdies (German): moreover
Definitions
- moreover
Ancestry of “überdies”, step by step
überdies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German dies
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dies | Alternative form of dieses |
| 2 | German | dieses | genitive masculine singular of dieser; nominative... |
| 3 | German | dieser | this one, this; that one, that |
| 4 | Middle High German | diser | this |
| 5 | Old High German | dese | this |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *þes | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *sa |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via German über
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | über | above, over; about, concerning, over, at; via,... |
| 2 | Old High German | ubari | over |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |