Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ubiri

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*uber

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér (ultimately from *upo + *-i).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈu.βi.ri/

Preposition

*ubiri

(with accusative) over (moving across)
(with dative) over, above (positioned above)

Adverb

*ubiri

over, above

Descendants

Old English: (yferra (adj))
Old High German: ubari, ubiri, ubere, uviri
- Middle High German: über
  - Central Franconian: üvver
  - Cimbrian: übar
  - German: über
  - Limburgish: iwwer
  - Yiddish: איבער‎ (iber)
Old Norse: yfir
- Icelandic: yfir
- Faroese: yvir
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: over
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: over
- Old Swedish: yvir, ivir, over
  - Swedish: över, (dialectal) öv
- Gutnish: yfvar, yfver

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