Where does “overflod” come from?

overflod (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German overvlōt, from Dutch overvloed, from Dutch over, from Middle Dutch ōver, from Old Dutch over, from Proto-Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér.

overflod (Norwegian Nynorsk): abundance, profusion, superfluity, glut

Definitions

  1. abundance, profusion, superfluity, glut

Ancestry of “overflod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanovervlōt
2Dutchovervloedabundance
3Dutchoverover, above; over; remaining, left over
4Middle Dutchōverover, above
5Old Dutchover
6Proto-Germanic*obar
7Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-