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

  1. signature tune, theme tune

Ancestry of “Erkennungsmelodie”, step by step

Erkennungsmelodie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Erkennung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErkennungrecognition, identification; detection; cognition
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

via German Melodie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMelodiemelody, tune sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungōEvery word from German -ungEvery word from Old High German -unga