Where does “bufan” come from?

bufan (Old English) comes 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-.

bufan (Old English): above

Definitions

  1. above

Ancestry of “bufan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bufan”

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