Where does “över” come from?

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

över (Swedish): above; more than; over the goal; above

Definitions

  1. above; more than; over the goal; above

Ancestry of “över”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseyfirabove
2Proto-Germanicubiriover; over, above
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “över”

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