Where does “yfir” come from?

yfir (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

yfir (Old Norse): above

Definitions

  1. above

Ancestry of “yfir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicubiriover; over, above
2Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “yfir”

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