Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗prefix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryForming words with the sense of “proto-, primitive, original”.
Contrary to popular belief, not derived from the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur being one of the first cities. 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-, which is no longer productive (fossilized in e.g. ordeal). Cognate also with Dutch oer- and Dutch oor-.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Borrowed-form mentionur-de
- Derivation mentionur-gmh
- Derivation mentionur-goh · out; without
- Derivation mention*uʀ-gmw-pro
- Derivation mention*uz-gem-pro · out
- Derivation mention*uds-ine-pro · up, out
- Derivation mention*údine-pro · upwards, away, out, outwards
- Doublet mentiona-en
- Doublet mentionor-en
- Cognate mentionoer-nl
- Cognate mentionoor-nl
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