Martin Duerst writes: >> 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. I stand corrected, thanks. In any case, ur does come from the German, if not exactly from the souce I had thought. (I have always thought it a bit much to mix just this bit of German into a language which is otherwise expressed in English, as it seems to invite confusion, but....) Thanks for setting the record straight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Noah Mendelsohn Voice: 1-617-693-4036 Lotus Development Corp. Fax: 1-617-693-8676 One Rogers Street Cambridge, MA 02142 ------------------------------------------------------------------------Received on Sunday, 18 February 2001 12:03:06 GMT
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