Where does “sonatalike” come from?
sonatalike (English) comes from English like, from Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke, from Dutch luiken, from Middle Dutch luken, from Old Dutch lūcan, from Proto-West Germanic lūkan, from Proto-Germanic lūkaną — to break, tear; to break, shatter.
sonatalike (English): Resembling a sonata
Definitions
- Resembling a sonata
Ancestry of “sonatalike”, step by step
sonatalike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |
via English sonata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sonata | A musical composition for one or a few... |
| 2 | Italian | sonata | sonata; feminine singular of sonato |
| 3 | Italian | sonare | Alternative form of suonare |
| 4 | Latin | sonāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | sonus | sound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,... |
| 6 | Latin | sonō | to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | to sound, resound |