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Ur⋅spra⋅che

  [oor-shprah-khuh; Ger. oor-shprah-khuh]
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–noun
a hypothetically reconstructed parent language, as Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of the Germanic languages.
Origin:
< G, equiv. to ur- ur- 3 + Sprache speech
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pro·to·lan·guage   (prō'tō-lāng'gwĭj)   
n.  A language that is the recorded or hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages. Also called Ursprache.
Ur·spra·che   (ōōr'shprä'KHə)   
n.  See protolanguage.

[German : ur-, original (from Middle High German, out of, from Old High German; see ud- in Indo-European roots) + Sprache, language, speech (from Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha).]
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