Where does “överlasta” come from?

överlasta (Swedish) comes from Swedish över, 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-.

överlasta (Swedish): to overload, to overburden (chiefly of physical loads (and something concretely loaded onto something), sometimes figuratively)

Definitions

  1. to overload, to overburden (chiefly of physical loads (and something concretely loaded onto something), sometimes figuratively)

Ancestry of “överlasta”, step by step

överlasta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish över

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishöverabove; more than; over the goal; above
2Old Norseyfirabove
3Proto-Germanicubiriover; over, above
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Swedish lastad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlastad—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →