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

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér (ultimately from *upo + *-i).[1]

    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 (adjective))
    • Old High German: ubari, ubiri, ubere, uviri
    • Old Norse: yfir

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*uber-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 557
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