Where does “urtext” come from?
urtext (English) comes from English ur-, from German ur-, from Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.
urtext (English): A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of...
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Ancestry of “urtext”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ur- | Forming words with the sense of ‘proto-,... |
| 2 | German | ur- | ur-; great-; very |
| 3 | Middle High German | ur- | — |
| 4 | Old High German | ur- | thoroughly |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |