Where does “overkommelig” come from?

overkommelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål overkomme, from Danish over, from English over, from Middle English over, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér.

overkommelig (Norwegian Bokmål): manageable; affordable

Definitions

  1. manageable; affordable

Ancestry of “overkommelig”, step by step

overkommelig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål overkomme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåloverkomme—
2Danishoverabove; past an hour; across
3EnglishoverDiscontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;...
4Middle Englishoverriverbank, seashore, brink
5Old Englishōferriverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border
6Proto-West Germanicobarover, above
7Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Danish lig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishligequal to; like, similar to; body, corpse
2Old Norselíkleechline; body; leech
3Middle Low Germanlīk—
4Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “overkommelig”

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