Where does “אויבן” come from?

אויבן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German oben, from Old High German obana, from Proto-Germanic *obanā, from Proto-Germanic ubanē, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

אויבן (Yiddish): above

Definitions

  1. above

Ancestry of “אויבן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanoben—
2Old High Germanobanaabove
3Proto-Germanic*obanā—
4Proto-Germanicubanēfrom above
5Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
6Proto-Germanicubunder
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “אויבן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Germanic ub →