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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/über

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, U (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
über
Friedrich Kluge2505731An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, U — über1891John Francis Davis

über, prepos. and adv., ‘over, above,’ from the equiv. MidHG. über; OHG. ûbir, ubar, is a prepos. with the adverb. form ubiri. Corresponding to OSax. oƀar, Du. and E. over, AS. ofer, OIc. yfer, Goth. ufar, ‘over.’ This common Teut. word is based on an equiv. Aryan upéri, which appears in Sans. upari, Gr. ὑπέρ (ὑπείρ), Lat. super. With these are connected the prepos. auf, and ob (ober). Comp. also übel.