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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uberstīganą

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

Etymology

From *uber- + *stīganą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌu.βerˈstiː.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*uberstīganą

  1. to ascend or climb over
  2. to surpass, transcend, exceed

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *obarstīgan, *ubirstīgan
    • Old English: oferstīgan
    • Old Saxon: *ovarstīgan
      • Middle Low German: ȫverstīgen, ōverstīgen
    • Old Dutch: *overstīgan
    • Old High German: ubarstīgan
      • Middle High German: überstīgen, oberstīgen
  • Old Norse: *yfirstíga (implied by yfirstiginn)
    • Old Norse: yfirstígari ("conquerer")
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ufarsteigan)
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