Where does “over” come from?
over (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch over, from Proto-Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
Ancestry of “over”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | over | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *obar | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
Words derived from “over”