urheimat

See also: Urheimat

English

Alternative forms

• Urheimat

Etymology

Borrowed from German Urheimat (“original homeland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊə.haɪ.mɑːt/, /ˈɜː-/, /-mæt/, /-mət/

Noun

urheimat (plural urheimats)

1. (history, especially historical linguistics) The original homeland of an ethnic group, particularly the speakers of a proto-language; the cradleland.

Translations

the original homeland

• Armenian: նախահայրենիք (hy) (naxahayrenikʻ)
• Esperanto: prahejmregiono, prahejmlando
• Estonian: algkodu
• Finnish: alkukoti (fi)
• German: Urheimat (de) f
• Hungarian: őshaza (hu)
• Macedonian: прататковина f (pratatkovina), прародина f (prarodina)
• Polish: praojczyzna (pl) f
• Russian: праро́дина (ru) f (praródina)
• Swedish: urhem (sv) n
• Ukrainian: праба́тьківщина (uk) f (prabátʹkivščyna)
• Volapük: rulomän