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Where does “uramerikanisch” come from?

uramerikanisch (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.

uramerikanisch (German): ur-American, proto-American

Definitions

  1. ur-American, proto-American

Ancestry of “uramerikanisch”, 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
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