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Urheimat

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[oor-hahy-maht, oor-hahy-maht] / ˈʊərˌhaɪ mɑt, ˈurˌhaɪ mɑt /

noun

  1. the primeval habitation of a people, especially the prehistoric homeland of the speakers of a protolanguage.

Etymology

Origin of Urheimat

1930–35; < German, equivalent to ur- ur- 3 + Heimat home, homeland

Example Sentences

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But since this date, there has been a shifting of the "Urheimat" further and further west.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

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