Where does “Urwaldrelikt” come from?
Urwaldrelikt (German) comes from German Urwald, from German ur, from Middle High German ūre, from Old French ore, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα, from Proto-Hellenic *worā, from Proto-Indo-European wēr- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
Urwaldrelikt (German): primeval forest relict: a species (usually an insect) found only in the primeval forest
Definitions
- primeval forest relict: a species (usually an insect) found only in the primeval forest
Ancestry of “Urwaldrelikt”, step by step
Urwaldrelikt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Urwald
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Urwald | primeval forest, virgin forest; jungle |
| 2 | German | ur | very, quite, really, total, totally, absolutely |
| 3 | Middle High German | ūre | — |
| 4 | Old French | ore | now; hour; time, period of the day |
| 5 | Latin | hōra | hour |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὥρα | any defined period of time; season; climate |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *worā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via German Relikt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Relikt | relic |
| 2 | Latin | relictus | abandoned, having been abandoned, forsaken,... |
| 3 | Latin | relinquō | to abandon, forsake, desert |
| 4 | Latin | linquō | to leave, quit, forsake, depart from |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | linkʷō | leave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | linékʷti | to be leaving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |