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Where does “Urknalltheorie” come from?

Urknalltheorie (German) comes from German Urknall, 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.

Urknalltheorie (German): Big Bang theory

Definitions

  1. Big Bang theory

Ancestry of “Urknalltheorie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUrknallBig Bang
2Germanur-ur-; great-; very
3Middle High Germanur-—
4Old High Germanur-thoroughly
5Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
6Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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