Where does “אייבערשאַפֿט” come from?
אייבערשאַפֿט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אייבער־, from Middle High German ober, from Old High German obar, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
אייבערשאַפֿט (Yiddish): primacy, superiority
Definitions
- primacy, superiority
Ancestry of “אייבערשאַפֿט”, step by step
אייבערשאַפֿט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish אייבער־
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | אייבער־ | upper |
| 2 | Middle High German | ober | — |
| 3 | Old High German | obar | above |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via Russian верховенство
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | верховенство | supremacy, domination |
| 2 | Russian | -ство | suffix appended to nouns and adjectives to create... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьstvo | Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -istwas | — |