above
‘over’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. abawe, aboȝe, aboof, aboue < M.E. above < O.E. onbufan ‘above, in or to a higher place, on the upper side; directly over, in or to a higher place than’ < a + bufan ‘over’ < be ‘by’ + ufan ‘over/high’ < Proto-G. ufan-< uhb < upo < Tamil uppu