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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

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
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