Where does “ābufan” come from?

ābufan (Old English) comes from Old English bufan, from Proto-West Germanic *biobanā, from Proto-West Germanic *obanā, from Proto-Germanic ubanē, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

ābufan (Old English): above

Definitions

  1. above

Ancestry of “ābufan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbufanabove
2Proto-West Germanic*biobanā—
3Proto-West Germanic*obanāfrom above
4Proto-Germanicubanēfrom above
5Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
6Proto-Germanicubunder
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “ābufan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Germanic ub →