Where does “yfirvald” come from?

yfirvald (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic yfir, from Old Norse yfir, from Proto-Germanic ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

yfirvald (Icelandic): authority

Definitions

  1. authority

Ancestry of “yfirvald”, step by step

yfirvald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic yfir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicyfirabove
2Old Norseyfirabove
3Proto-Germanicubiriover; over, above
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Icelandic vald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicvaldpower, authority; authority, power; force,...
2Old Norsevald—
3Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →
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