An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/oben

by Friedrich Kluge

oben, adv., ‘above, aloft,’ from MidHG. obene, OHG. obana, adv., ‘above, from above’; so too OSax. oƀan, oƀana, ‘down from above,’ AS. ufan, ‘from above,’ E. preserved only in ab-ove. Allied to ober.