Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ubiri

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 reconstructions

• *uber

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.βi.ri/

Preposition

*ubiri

1. (with accusative) over (moving across)
2. (with dative) over, above (positioned above)

Adverb

*ubiri

1. over, above

Descendants

• (Old English: yferra (adj))
• Old High German: ubari, ubiri, ubere, uviri
  • Middle High German: über
    • Central Franconian: üvver
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: übar

      Mòcheno: iber

    • German: über
      • → Serbo-Croatian: iber
    • Hunsrik: iwer
    • Luxembourgish: iwwer
    • Yiddish: איבער (iber)
• Old Norse: yfir
  • Icelandic: yfir
  • Faroese: yvir
  • Norwegian: over, yver, yvi
  • Danish: over
  • Old Swedish: yvir, ivir, over
    • Swedish: över; öv (dialectal)
  • Gutnish: yfvar, yfver
  • Dalian: yvyr