Where does “Sondierungsgespräch” come from?
Sondierungsgespräch (German) comes from German Sondierung, from German sondieren, from French sonder, from Middle French sonder, from Old French sonder, from Old French sonde, from Old English sund, from Old Norse sund — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.
Sondierungsgespräch (German): exploratory discussion
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Ancestry of “Sondierungsgespräch”, step by step
Sondierungsgespräch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Sondierung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sondierung | sounding test made with a probe or sonde |
| 2 | German | sondieren | to sound out |
| 3 | French | sonder | to probe; to survey and take measurements using a... |
| 4 | Middle French | sonder | — |
| 5 | Old French | sonder | to plumb |
| 6 | Old French | sonde | sounding line |
| 7 | Old English | sund | swimming; sea, water |
| 8 | Old Norse | sund | swimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | sundą | swimming; sound, strait |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |