Where does “איבער” come from?

איבער (Yiddish) comes from Old High German ubiri, from Proto-Germanic ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

איבער (Yiddish): above, over, in excess of, more than; through,...

Definitions

  1. above, over, in excess of, more than; through,...

Ancestry of “איבער”, step by step

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

Words derived from “איבער”

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