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um
German · medieval
"around, changed"
meaning "around" or "changed"
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Stage 2 of 3
Umlaut
German · 1800s
"a changed vowel sound"
combining "um" with "Laut" (sound), a vowel sound-change mark
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Stage 3 of 3
umlaut
English · 1800s-1900s
"a diacritical mark over a vowel"
adopted directly from German linguistics
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