English

Ur-Germanic

From ur- (“original”) + Germanic.

Formed from ur- ‘original’ + Germanic

Proto-Indo-European *úd ‘upwards, away, out, outwards’

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English ur-

Latin Germānus ‘relating to the native peoples or tribes of…’

Latin germānicus ‘Germanic, Teutonic’

Today it means

name Hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language of all Germanic languages, including English; Proto-Germanic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ur-Germanic