English Explanatory Dictionary

urstromtal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A broad glacial valley formed during an ice age by meltwater flowing roughly parallel to the ice margin.

Pronunciation

/ˈʊəstɹəʊmˌtɑːl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-urstromtal.wav /ˈʊɹstɹoʊmˌtɑl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-urstromtal.wav /ˈʊəstɹəʊmˌtɛlə/ /ˈʊɹstɹoʊmˌtɛləɹ/

Word forms

urstromtal urstromtäler urstromtals

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Urstromtal, from ur- (prefix meaning ‘original; primitive’) + Strom (“large river; stream”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow; stream”)) + Tal (“valley”) (ultimate etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰól(h₂)os). The plural form urstromtäler is also an unadapted borrowing from German Urstromtäler.

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