Where does “soçobrar” come from?
soçobrar (Portuguese) comes from Spanish zozobrar, from Old Spanish sozobrar, from Old Catalan sotsobrar, from Catalan sotsobre, from Catalan sobre, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri.
soçobrar (Portuguese): To capsize, keel over
Definitions
- To capsize, keel over
Ancestry of “soçobrar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | zozobrar | to capsize, founder, sink; to fail; to worry, or... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | sozobrar | — |
| 3 | Old Catalan | sotsobrar | — |
| 4 | Catalan | sotsobre | capsizing |
| 5 | Catalan | sobre | on, on top of; over, above; about |
| 6 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 7 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |