Where does “Uur” come from?

Uur (Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic ūra-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)wūr-.

Ancestry of “Uur”, step by step

Uur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic ūra-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicūra-ferriferous sand
2Proto-Indo-European(s)wūr-—

via Proto-Germanic ōra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicōra—

Words derived from “Uur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)wūr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūra- →