Where does “overtegne” come from?
overtegne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tegne, from German zeichnen, from German Zeichen, from Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
overtegne (Norwegian Bokmål): to oversubscribe
Definitions
- to oversubscribe
Ancestry of “overtegne”, step by step
overtegne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål tegne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tegne | to draw |
| 2 | German | zeichnen | to draw |
| 3 | German | Zeichen | characters, marks, sign; token |
| 4 | Middle High German | zeichen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | zeihhan | sign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
via Norwegian Bokmål over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | over | above; past; over; more than |
| 2 | Old Norse | yfir | above |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |