Where does “ligga över” come from?

ligga över (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-.

ligga över (Swedish): to stay over (sleep over), to spend the night

Definitions

  1. to stay over (sleep over), to spend the night

Ancestry of “ligga över”, step by step

ligga över 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 ligga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishliggalie; be in a horizontal position; lie; to be...
2Old Swedishliggiato lie down; to lie buried; to be situated
3Old Norseliggjato lie
4Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →