Where does “Uferweg” come from?
Uferweg (German) comes from German Ufer, from Middle High German uover, from Middle Low German over, from Old Saxon ōvar, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér.
Uferweg (German): a path alongside a bank or shore; a towpath; a lakeside path
Definitions
- a path alongside a bank or shore; a towpath; a lakeside path
Ancestry of “Uferweg”, step by step
Uferweg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ufer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ufer | shore, shoreline; bank |
| 2 | Middle High German | uover | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | over | across, moving through or over something; across,... |
| 4 | Old Saxon | ōvar | over |
| 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- | — |