Where does “Sproakeewa” come from?

Sproakeewa (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Eewa, from Middle Low German over, from Old Saxon ōvar, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

Sproakeewa (Plautdietsch): linguist

Definitions

  1. linguist

Ancestry of “Sproakeewa”, step by step

Sproakeewa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Eewa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschEewashore, coast, beach
2Middle Low Germanoveracross, moving through or over something; across,...
3Old Saxonōvarover
4Old Englishōferriverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border
5Proto-West Germanicobarover, above
6Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

via Plautdietsch Sproak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschSproaklanguage
2Middle Low Germansprāke
3Old Saxonsprākaspeech
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Indo-European upér