- From: Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 17:42:08 +0900
- To: Noah_Mendelsohn@lotus.com, "XMLSchema Developer" <xmlschemadev@hotmail.com>
- Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
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.
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