Ur-Germanic

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Ur-Germanic

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From ur- (“original”) + Germanic.

proper noun Urgermanic · Urgermanish

Hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language of all Germanic languages, including English; Proto-Germanic. If now these prefixes are to be connected, as it seems they should be, they point to an urgermanic vowel sound differing but little, if any, in degree of openness from urgermanic e.
Similar: Common Germanic, Germanic, Proto-Germanic

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@misc{ur_germanic_2026,
  title = {Ur-Germanic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ur-germanic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}