Where does “Rufzeichen” come from?
Rufzeichen (German) comes from German Ruf, from Middle High German ruof, from Old High German ruof, from Old High German ruofan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
Rufzeichen (German): dial tone
Definitions
- dial tone
Ancestry of “Rufzeichen”, step by step
Rufzeichen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ruf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ruf | call; reputation |
| 2 | Middle High German | ruof | — |
| 3 | Old High German | ruof | — |
| 4 | Old High German | ruofan | to call |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |