Where does “oben” come from?

oben (German) comes from Old High German obana, from Proto-Germanic *obanā, from Proto-Germanic ubanē, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

oben (German): above; north; upstairs

Definitions

  1. above; north; upstairs

Ancestry of “oben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanobanaabove
2Proto-Germanic*obanā—
3Proto-Germanicubanēfrom above
4Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
5Proto-Germanicubunder
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “oben”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Germanic ub →