ur-

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Prefix 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 2 Irish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Prefix 2.2.1 See also 3 Old High German 3.1 Prefix 3.1.1 Derived terms 3.2 References

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[edit] Etymology

From German ur-, originally from Old High German, ir-, or ur- meaning thoroughly.^[1] The OED attributes the first attestation in English to Max Müller (1864), in composition with -vocal: "the neutral vowel, sometimes called Urvocal, better Unvocal."

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʊə/, /ɜː/

[edit] Prefix

ur-

1. Forming words with the sense of ‘proto-, primitive, original’.
   • 2003, John Adcox, 'Can Fantasy be Myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings', The Newsletter of the Mythic Imagination Institute[1]:

     "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, ‘Lebanon's Agony’, New York Review of Books, vol. 54 no. 11:

     "...Lebanon ultimately remains hostage to the regional ur-conflict over Palestine."

[edit] Usage notes

• Unlike most prefixes this prefix often forms words spelled with a hyphen.

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urelement ur-form ur-myth

ur-Hamlet Urtext

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• aurochs

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish er. Akin to ar.

[edit] Prefix

ur-

1. over-

[edit] See also

• an-
• ro-

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Prefix

ur-

1. thoroughly^[1]

[edit] Derived terms

• Ur-

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ur-, in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.