EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From German ur-, originally from Old High German ir-, ur- (thoroughly),[1] from Proto-Germanic *uz- (out), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (up, out), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (same meaning). Cognate with Dutch oer-, English or-.

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

ur-

  1. Forming words with the sense of “proto-, primitive, original”.
    • 2003, John Adcox, 'Can Fantasy be Myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings', The Newsletter of the Mythic Imagination Institute[1]:
      Some stories reach deeper, into the most primal and profound truths. They mirror, in new and original ways, the Ur-myth, the act of creation itself.
    • 2007, Max Rodenbeck; ‘Lebanon's Agony’, New York Review of Books, volume 54, number 11:
      Lebanon ultimately remains hostage to the regional ur-conflict over Palestine.

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TranslationsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “Ur-”, in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

AnagramsEdit

DanishEdit

PrefixEdit

ur-

  1. ur-, proto-

Derived termsEdit

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, ir- (thoroughly), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (out).[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /uːɐ̯/, [ʔuːɐ̯] (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ʊʁ/, [ʔʊɐ̯] (by a common merger)
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PrefixEdit

ur-

  1. ur- (proto-, primitive, original)[1]
    ur- + ‎Schrei (scream) → ‎Urschrei (primal scream)
    ur- + ‎Wald (forest) → ‎Urwald (primeval forest)
  2. great-; indicates an additional generation of separation between relatives
    ur- + ‎Opa (grandfather) → ‎Uropa (great-grandfather)
  3. (especially Austria) very; used to intensify adjectives
    ur- + ‎alt (old) → ‎uralt (ancient)
    ur- + ‎gemütlich (cosy) → ‎urgemütlich (very cosy)
  4. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (in some old inherited nouns) Alternative form of er-

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • English: ur-
  • Dutch: oer-

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 “ur-” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

ur-

  1. Romanization of 𐌿𐍂-

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish er. Akin to ar.

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

ur-

  1. before, ante-, pro-; over-
  2. (intensifying) very
  3. Alternative form of for- (over, superior, super-; outer, external; great, extreme)

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ur- n-ur- hur- t-ur-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From German ur-.

PrefixEdit

ur-

  1. primeval, primordial, primitive, proto-
  2. first, original
  3. exceedingly, extremely, very (in adjectives)

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From German ur-.

PrefixEdit

ur-

  1. primeval, primordial, primitive, proto-
  2. first, original
  3. exceedingly, extremely, very (in adjectives)

ReferencesEdit

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-.

PrefixEdit

ur-

  1. thoroughly[1]

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Ur-, in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

SwedishEdit

PrefixEdit

ur-

  1. (colloquial, intensifier) very, super-
    Han är urgammalHe's super old
    Hon är urfånigShe's super silly
    Synonyms: as-, gör-, jätte-, skit-, svin-, vrål-, bauta-
  2. aboriginal, primeval, proto-, original (with general connotations of old)

Usage notesEdit

  • Can be put before virtually any adjective or adverb as an intensifier.
  • Gives connotations of ancient when put before nouns. "Urhammaren" could be translated as "the ancient hammer" without further context.

Derived termsEdit