Where does “Sonoritätshierarchie” come from?
Sonoritätshierarchie (German) comes from German Hierarchie, from Latin hierarchia, from Ancient Greek ἱεραρχία, from Ancient Greek ἱεράρχης, from Ancient Greek -άρχης, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Sonoritätshierarchie (German): sonority hierarchy
Definitions
- sonority hierarchy
Ancestry of “Sonoritätshierarchie”, step by step
Sonoritätshierarchie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Hierarchie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hierarchie | hierarchy (body of ruling officials) |
| 2 | Latin | hierarchia | hierarchy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἱεραρχία | spiritual superiority; prelacy, prelature;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἱεράρχης | high priest; hierarch; bishop |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -άρχης | -arch |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via German Sonorität
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sonorität | sonority |
| 2 | German | -ität | -ity |
| 3 | Catalan | -itat | -ity; -ness |
| 4 | Latin | -itās | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |