Where does “soundscaping” come from?
soundscaping (English) comes from English soundscape, from English -scape, from English landscape, from English landskip, from Middle English landschippe, from Old English landscipe, from Proto-Germanic landaskapiz, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
soundscaping (English): The creation of a soundscape
Definitions
- The creation of a soundscape
Ancestry of “soundscaping”, step by step
soundscaping traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English soundscape
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | soundscape | An acoustic environment, a virtual/emotional... |
| 2 | English | -scape | form, formation, shape; scene, picture, view; A... |
| 3 | English | landscape | A portion of land or territory which the eye can... |
| 4 | English | landskip | Obsolete form of landscape |
| 5 | Middle English | landschippe | — |
| 6 | Old English | landscipe | tract of land, region, district |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | landaskapiz | landscape; region, area |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |