English Explanatory Dictionary

ur-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Forming words with the sense of “proto-, primitive, original”.

Pronunciation

/ʊə/ /ɜː/ /ʊɹ/ /ɝ/

Word forms

ur-

Etymology

From German ur-, from Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur- (“out; without”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“upwards, away, out, outwards”). Doublet of a- and or-. Cognate also with Dutch oer- and Dutch oor-.

Related words

Urheimat

Derived words

ur-ancestor ur-bird ur-continent ur-culture urelement ur-fascism urfly urfolk ur-form Ur-Germanic ur-Hamlet ur-hero ur-homeland ur-language ur-mind ur-myth ur-ocean ur-poem ur-race ur-science ur-source ur-speech urtext ur-type ur-vogel ur-word
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