Re: What is ur-definition ?

At 00:15 01/02/14 -0500, Noah_Mendelsohn@lotus.com wrote:
>As to the name, I don't speak German, but I believe ur is an abbreviation for
>$B?C(Ber", which I believe translates as "above" or upper, and is commonly
>used as a prefix adjective.

I happen to speak German, and I don't think there is that much
of a relation between ur- and u"ber- (sorry for the spelling,
my Japanese mailer won't let me do better). Ur- appears in
things such as Ursprung (origin), Urgrossvater (great-grandfather),
Urknall (big bang), Ursache (cause, reason), Urheber (originator,
author), Urgewalt (elemental force), and so on.
The general meaning is something like 'original', 'very very old',
and so on.


Regards,   Martin.