Where does “tone sandhi” come from?
tone sandhi (English) comes from English tone, from Middle English tone, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος, from Proto-Hellenic tónos, from Proto-Indo-European tónos, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tone sandhi (English): The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively
Definitions
- The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively
Ancestry of “tone sandhi”, step by step
tone sandhi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tone | A specific pitch; An interval of a major second;... |
| 2 | Middle English | tone | the one |
| 3 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
via English sandhi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sandhi | Any of a wide variety of phonological processes... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | संधि | containing a conjunction or transition from one... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | संधा | to join, bring together, unite, combine, put together, compound, mix |
| 4 | Sanskrit | सम् | to be agitated or disturbed |
| 5 | Sanskrit | आस | to have been |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sewh₁- | to press, push |