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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”

  • iwwerliwweren
  • iwwerweisen
  • driwwer
  • iwwerschreiwen
  • Iwwerfall
  • iwwerdreiwen
  • iwwerspillen
  • iwwer-
  • iwwerreechen
  • iwwersetzen
  • iwwerliewen
  • iwwerlueden
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