English
wikipedia
Etymology
From German Ur-, originally from Old High German, ir-, or ur-#Old High German|ur- meaning thoroughly.<ref name="Webster">Ur-, in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.</ref>
Pronunciation
IPA|/ÊÉ/, /ÉË/
Prefix
ur-
- Forming words with the sense of âproto-, primitive, originalâ.
#*2003, John Adcox, 'Can Fantasy be Myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings', The Newsletter of the Mythic Imagination Institute1:
#*:"Some stories reach deeper, into the most primal and profound truths. They mirror, in new and original ways, the Ur-myth, the act of creation itself."
#*2007, Max Rodenbeck, âLebanon's Agonyâ, New York Review of Books, vol. 54 no. 11:
#*:"...Lebanon ultimately remains hostage to the regional ur-conflict over Palestine."
Translations
German: Ur-#German|Ur-
Derived terms
top2
ur-form
ur-myth
mid2
ur-Hamlet
Urtext
bottom2
Category:English prefixes
Old High German
Prefix
ur-
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Derived terms
Ur-#German|Ur-
References
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Category:Old High German language
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