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- noun The original
homeland of the speakers of aproto-language .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bayndor: "The PIE 'Urheimat' was variously sought for in southern Ucraine, west Turkestan, Caucasus, the Balkans and even Anatolia by different authors."
A modification of Indo-Aegean, plus some new grammatical ideas on Minoan 2009
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The PIE 'Urheimat' was variously sought for in southern Ucraine, west Turkestan, Caucasus, the Balkans and even Anatolia by different authors.
A modification of Indo-Aegean, plus some new grammatical ideas on Minoan 2009
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I'd just like to stick up for my "Urheimat" by reminding you that random strangers on the street in Ottenhoefen im Schwarzwald wished us a guten Morgen!
Ireland, Part I: Reserving, Flights, Car Rental, Kilbeggan, and Clonmacnois C N Heidelberg 2008
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The homeland, or Urheimat, from which Proto-Indo-European (PIE) originally existed and spread has been sought for more than 200 years.
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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The homeland, or Urheimat, from which Proto-Indo-European (PIE) originally existed and spread has been sought for more than 200 years.
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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Urheimat, from which Proto-Indo-European (PIE) originally existed and spread has been sought for more than 200 years.
Gates of Vienna 2008
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It seems only natural that once an original language, or Ursprache, was posited, the next step was to speculate on its source, or Urheimat.
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