Where does “snøoverbygg” come from?

snøoverbygg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål overbygg, from Norwegian Bokmål over, from Old Norse yfir, from Proto-Germanic ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

snøoverbygg (Norwegian Bokmål): a snowshed or snow shed

Definitions

  1. a snowshed or snow shed

Ancestry of “snøoverbygg”, step by step

snøoverbygg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål overbygg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåloverbyggsuperstructure
2Norwegian Bokmåloverabove; past; over; more than
3Old Norseyfirabove
4Proto-Germanicubiriover; over, above
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Norwegian Bokmål snø

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsnøsnow; to snow
2Old Norsesnærsnow
3Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →