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

Conjugation of (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *uberstīgō *uberstīgaų *uberstīgai ?
2nd singular *ubirstīgizi *uberstīgaiz *uberstīg *uberstīgazai *uberstīgaizau
3rd singular *ubirstīgidi *uberstīgai *uberstīgadau *uberstīgadai *uberstīgaidau
1st dual *uberstīgōz *uberstīgaiw
2nd dual *uberstīgadiz *uberstīgaidiz *uberstīgadiz
1st plural *uberstīgamaz *uberstīgaim *uberstīgandai *uberstīgaindau
2nd plural *ubirstīgid *uberstīgaid *ubirstīgid *uberstīgandai *uberstīgaindau
3rd plural *uberstīgandi *uberstīgain *uberstīgandau *uberstīgandai *uberstīgaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *uberstaig *uberstigį̄
2nd singular *uberstaiht *uberstigīz
3rd singular *uberstaig *uberstigī
1st dual *uberstigū *uberstigīw
2nd dual *uberstigudiz *uberstigīdiz
1st plural *uberstigum *uberstigīm
2nd plural *uberstigud *uberstigīd
3rd plural *uberstigun *uberstigīn
present past
participles *uberstīgandz *uberstiganaz

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)