Where does “ausufern” come from?
ausufern (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.
ausufern (German): to overflow, to burst its banks of rivers etc
Definitions
- to overflow, to burst its banks of rivers etc
Ancestry of “ausufern”, step by step
| 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- | — |