Where does “abone” come from?

abone (Middle English) comes from Middle English abuven, from Old English ābufan, from Old English bufan, from Proto-West Germanic *biobanā, from Proto-West Germanic *obanā, from Proto-Germanic ubanē, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub.

Ancestry of “abone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishabuven—
2Old Englishābufanabove
3Old Englishbufanabove
4Proto-West Germanic*biobanā—
5Proto-West Germanic*obanāfrom above
6Proto-Germanicubanēfrom above
7Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
8Proto-Germanicubunder
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “abone”

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