Where does “ovataimu” come from?

ovataimu (Swahili) comes from English overtime, from English Over-, from English over, from Middle English over, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér.

ovataimu (Swahili): overtime

Definitions

  1. overtime

Ancestry of “ovataimu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishovertimeWorking time outside of one's regular hours; The...
2EnglishOver-Above, or higher
3EnglishoverDiscontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;...
4Middle Englishoverriverbank, seashore, brink
5Old Englishōferriverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border
6Proto-West Germanicobarover, above
7Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-