English
overleap
Overleap comes from Old English oferhlēapan ‘to jump over (+accusative)’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *klewb- ‘to spring’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*klewb-‘to spring’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaupaną‘to jump forward, to leap’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hlaupan‘to jump forward, to leap’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hlēapan‘to jump’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150oferhlēapan‘to jump over (+accusative)’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500overlepen
- Englishearliest quotation 1596overleap
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*klewb-‘to spring’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaupaną‘to jump forward, to leap’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hlaupan‘to jump forward, to leap’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hlēapan‘to jump’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150oferhlēapan‘to jump over (+accusative)’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500overlepen
- Englishearliest quotation 1596overleap
Earliest quotation: 1596, Edmund Spenser, Book IV, Canto VII: “Nor hedge, nor ditch, nor hill, nor dale she…”
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną ‘to jump forward, to leap’
Today it means
verb To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *klewb- / overleap