Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/obar

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uber.

Preposition

*obar^[1]

over, above

Alternative forms

*ubiri (see there for further descendants)

Derived terms

*obarōn

Descendants

Old English: ofer, ofor, ober, ouer
- Middle English: over
  - English: over (see there for further descendants)
  - Geordie: ower
  - Scots: ower
  - Yola: ower, oer, owr
Old Frisian: over, uver
- North Frisian: aur, auer, ouer
- Saterland Frisian: uur
- West Frisian: oer
Old Saxon: ovar
- Middle Low German: ōver, (late) āver
  - Low German: aver, over; (Westphalian) uover, oaver, (merged with *ubiri) üöver, öaver
Old Dutch: over, ovir
- Middle Dutch: ōver
  - Dutch: over
    - Afrikaans: oor
Old High German: obar, ubar
- Middle High German: ober, over, uber
  - German: ober-, ober
  - Yiddish: אייבער־ (eyber-), אויבער־ (oyber-)

References

^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 333: “PWGmc *obar”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 333: “PWGmc *obar”

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