Ur-germanic

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  1. 1
    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."

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common germanicgermanicproto-germanic

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"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."

Etymology

From ur- (“original”) + Germanic.

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