Where does “Bühnenmusik” come from?

Bühnenmusik (German) comes from German Bühne, from Middle High German büne, from Proto-Germanic bunī, from Proto-Germanic butmaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Bühnenmusik (German): incidental music

Definitions

  1. incidental music

Ancestry of “Bühnenmusik”, step by step

Bühnenmusik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bühne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBühnea stage; a scaffolding
2Middle High Germanbünestage; scaffolding
3Proto-Germanicbunī—
4Proto-Germanicbutmazbottom; foundation; ground; abyss
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via German musik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmusikmusic
2Middle High Germanmūsic—
3Old High Germanmusika—
4Latinmūsica—
5Ancient Greekμουσικήnominative feminine singular of μουσικός; any of...
6Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
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