Ursprache

Good post for e space.

New Jersey girl wins National Spelling Bee
Teen prevails over 273 others in contest’s 1st prime-time broadcast

WASHINGTON -
A 13-year-old New Jersey girl making her fifth straight appearance at the Scripps National Spelling Bee rattled off "ursprache" to claim the title of America's best speller on prime-time television Thursday night.

Katharine Close, an eighth-grader at the H.W. Mountz School in Spring Lake, N.J., is the first girl since 1999 to win the national spelling title. She stepped back from the microphone and put her hands to her mouth upon being declared the winner.
"I'm just in shock," Katharine said. Asked what she'll remember most, she said: "Probably just hearing 'Ursprache,' which is a parent language." She recognized the word as soon as she heard it.

The winner goes home with more than $42,000 in cash and prizes.

Runner-up was Finola Mei Hwa Hackett, a 14-year-old Canadian, a confident speller during two days of competition who stumbled on "weltschmerz."

Third-place went to Saryn Hooks, a 14-year-old from West Alexander Middle School in Taylorsville, N.C., who was disqualified earlier in the evening, then returned to competition after the judges corrected their mistake. Saryn fumbled on "icteritious," which means of a jaundiced color.
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I confirmed with the dictionary (unabridged). Ursprache is in it and means 'a parent language'.
Don't think it is a word that comes up much.
Maybe I can fit it into a blog post.