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Ursprache

[ oor-shprah-khuh; German oor-shprah-khuh ]

noun

  1. a hypothetically reconstructed parent language, as Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of the Germanic languages.


Ursprache

/ ˈuːrʃpraːxə /

noun

  1. any hypothetical extinct and unrecorded language reconstructed from groups of related recorded languages. For example, Germanic is an Ursprache reconstructed by comparison of English, Dutch, German, the Scandinavian languages, and Gothic; Indo-European is an Ursprache reconstructed by comparison of the Germanic group, Latin, Sanskrit, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ursprache1

< German, equivalent to ur- ur- 3 + Sprache speech
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ursprache1

from ur- primeval, original + Sprache language

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