Where does “Urgeschichte” come from?

Urgeschichte (German) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

Urgeschichte (German): prehistory; primeval history, Genesis 1-11

Definitions

  1. prehistory; primeval history, Genesis 1-11

Ancestry of “Urgeschichte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanur-ur-; great-; very
2Middle High Germanur-—
3Old High Germanur-thoroughly
4Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
5Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “Urgeschichte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →