Urheimat

Urheimat [oo r-hahy-maht; German oor-hahy-maht] ExamplesWord Origin noun

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

Origin of Urheimat 1930–35; German, equivalent to ur- ur-3 + Heimat home, homeland Examples from the Web for urheimat Historical Examples of urheimat

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

Man, Past and Present

Agustus Henry Keane