Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ubiri.
Preposition
*ubiri
- over, above
- *obar (see there for further descendants)
Descendants
- (Old English: yferra (adjective))
- Old Saxon: *uƀiri
- Old Dutch: *uviri
- Middle Dutch: *uever (Limburg; generally spelt over)
- Old High German: ubari, ubir, ubiri, ubere, uviri
- Middle High German: über; (Central Franconian) üver, över