Where does “supersound” come from?
supersound (English) comes from English super, from English super-ego, from German Über-Ich, from German Ich, from Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek — I.
supersound (English): ultrasonic sound
Definitions
- ultrasonic sound
Ancestry of “supersound”, step by step
supersound traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English super
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | super | Of excellent quality, superfine; better than... |
| 2 | English | super-ego | Alternative spelling of superego |
| 3 | German | Über-Ich | superego |
| 4 | German | Ich | ego, the Ich; self, me, him, etc |
| 5 | Middle High German | ich | I |
| 6 | Old High German | ih | I |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via English Sound
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sound | The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Øresund |
| 2 | Middle English | sound | — |
| 3 | Old English | sund | swimming; sea, water |
| 4 | Old Norse | sund | swimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sundą | swimming; sound, strait |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |