Re: PIE Ud-

> This then made me ponder how the Germanic Uz- 'out' produced the OHG
> Ur 'original'.
> It seems strange that 'out' would produce 'original'. If anything

one

> would expect Ur to carry the sense of 'derivative' or something akin
> to 'that which develops outward from' , rather than meaning the
> original core/root.
>
> Aydan

Cf. the German word for 'origin': Ursprung = that which springs out
from.
Another reference: http://runeberg.org/svetym/1157.html p.1069

Lars