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Where does “איבערלעבן” come from?

איבערלעבן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish איבער, 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-.

איבערלעבן (Yiddish): survive

Definitions

  1. survive

Ancestry of “איבערלעבן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאיבערabove, over, in excess of, more than; through,...
2Old High Germanubiri—
3Proto-Germanicubiriover; over, above
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →