ur-homeland

English

Alternative forms

• Ur-homeland

Etymology

From ur- +‎ homeland, a partial calque of German Urheimat.

Noun

ur-homeland (plural ur-homelands)

1. An original homeland, territory, or habitat.
   • 2009, Douglas T. McGetchin, Indology, Indomania, and Orientalism:

     At the beginning of the previous century those who first ardently abandoned themselves to these studies believed that one would rediscover the Ur-language, the Ur-wisdom, the Ur-religion, even the Ur-culture and Ur-homeland of our Aryan ancestors in India.

   • 2011, Tomi Mäkelä, Jean Sibelius:

     His own homeland was not enough, since it already represented a modern, depraved civilisation, according to this author, unfortunately the ur-homeland of humanity existed only in distant, foreign lands (which should not be too hastily equated with exoticism).

Synonyms

• urheimat