Where does “iwwer” come from?

iwwer (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German ubiri, from Proto-Germanic ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

iwwer (Luxembourgish): over, above, on top of; across; about

Definitions

  1. over, above, on top of; across; about

Ancestry of “iwwer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “iwwer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →