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Where does “teleultrasound” come from?

teleultrasound (English) comes from English ultrasound, from English Sound, from Middle English sound, from Old English sund, from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic sundą, from Proto-Germanic swimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.

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Ancestry of “teleultrasound”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishultrasoundSound with a frequency greater than the upper...
2EnglishSound—
3Middle Englishsound—
4Old Englishsundswimming; sea, water
5Old Norsesundswimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound
6Proto-Germanicsundąswimming; sound, strait
7Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim
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