Where does “Echolot” come from?

Echolot (German) comes from German Echo, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ, from Ancient Greek ἠχή, from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́.

Echolot (German): echo sounding sonar used for measuring water depth

Definitions

  1. echo sounding sonar used for measuring water depth

Ancestry of “Echolot”, step by step

Echolot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Echo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEchoreflected sound, echo
2Latinechoecho
3Ancient GreekἨχώsound; a nymph in Greek mythology
4Ancient Greekἠχήsound, noise
5Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́—

via German lōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlōtplummet device for measuring water depth
2Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh

Words derived from “Echolot”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ →Every word from Ancient Greek ἠχή →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ →
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