Where does “overdriven” come from?

overdriven (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk overdriva, from Norwegian Nynorsk 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-.

overdriven (Norwegian Nynorsk): exaggerated

Definitions

  1. exaggerated

Ancestry of “overdriven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskoverdrivato overstate, exaggerate
2Norwegian Nynorskoverabove; 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-—

Words derived from “overdriven”

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