Where does “Raumklang” come from?

Raumklang (German) comes from German raum, from Middle High German rūm, from Old High German rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

Raumklang (German): surround sound

Definitions

  1. surround sound

Ancestry of “Raumklang”, step by step

Raumklang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German raum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanraumwide; space
2Middle High Germanrūm—
3Old High Germanrūm—
4Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
5Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

via German klang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanklangfirst/third-person singular preterite of klingen
2Middle High Germanklanc—
3Old High Germanklang—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rūm →