ur-

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From German ur-, from Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur- (“out; without”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“upwards, away, out, outwards”). Doublet of a- and or-. Cognate also with Dutch oer- and Dutch oor-.

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: ur- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• Dutch: oer- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• Esperanto: pra- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• Faroese: frum- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• Finnish: alku- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• German: ur- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• Hungarian: ős- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• Ido: pre- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• Maltese: bu- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• Maltese: buż- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• Polish: pra- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• Russian: пра- (pra-) — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• Slovene: pra- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
• Swedish: ur- — forming words with the sense of 'primitive'