I believe that’s how it became a cognate in English as well. Very common to hear people use ur-<word> to refer to the original or foundation of that thing.

Yeah? I didn’t say anything positive about it. I said that it’s likely to be the alternative to email in a lot of places.

Many parts of the world use Whatsapp as their primary form of communication. It’s depressing.

I would assume Whatsapp or equivalent.