Where does “Erkennungsmelodie” come from?
Erkennungsmelodie (German) comes from German Erkennung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".
Erkennungsmelodie (German): signature tune, theme tune
Definitions
- signature tune, theme tune
Ancestry of “Erkennungsmelodie”, step by step
Erkennungsmelodie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Erkennung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erkennung | recognition, identification; detection; cognition |
| 2 | German | -ung | -ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ung | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -unga | -ing |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |
via German Melodie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Melodie | melody, tune sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase |