Where does “over” come from?

over (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon ōvar, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

over (Middle Low German): across, moving through or over something; across,...

Definitions

  1. across, moving through or over something; across,...

Ancestry of “over”, step by step

over traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon ōvar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonōvarover
2Old Englishōferriverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border
3Proto-West Germanicobarover, above
4Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Proto-Germanic ubiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicubiriover; over, above
2Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér

Words derived from “over”

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