ur-
English
/ʊə/, /ɝ/
prefix
Definitions
- Forming words with the sense of ‘proto-, primitive, original’.
Etymology
Borrowed from German ur- (original, primitive, proto-) derived from Old High German ur-, ir- (thoroughly) derived from Proto-Germanic *uz- (out, up, out-) derived from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (out, up), *úd (away, upwards, out, outward).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*úd
Gloss
away, upwards, out, outward
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- or- English
- usque Latin
- uterus Latin
- ur- German
- er- Dutch, Flemish
- oer- Dutch, Flemish
- ὕστατος Ancient Greek
- ὕστερος Ancient Greek
- *-mHo- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrēḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *uds- Proto-Indo-European
- *uss- Proto-Indo-European
- *úd Proto-Indo-European
- ur- Norwegian Bokmål
- *dwaiskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *mōtijô Proto-Germanic
- *rīsaną Proto-Germanic
- *uz- Proto-Germanic
- *uzlugi- Proto-Germanic
- *uzrīsaną Proto-Germanic
- *ūt Proto-Germanic
- *ūtai Proto-Germanic
- ur- Norwegian Nynorsk
- a- Old English
- or- Old English
- æmetta Old English
- ā- Old English
- ābreġdan Old English
- ābītan Old English
- ācumba Old English
- ādwǣsċan Old English
- āgān Old English
- ǣmtiġ Old English
- or- Middle English
- uterus Indonesian
- er- Middle Dutch
- ver- Middle Dutch
- ir- Old High German
- ur- Old High German
- ur-, ir- Old High German
- ur- Middle High German
- 𐌿𐍃- Gothic
- ur- Old Dutch
- *ud- Proto-Celtic
- orsake Middle Low German
- a- Old Saxon
- ā- Old Saxon
- orsagh Old Danish