Where does “Sopranstimme” come from?
Sopranstimme (German) comes from German Sopran, from French soprano, from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin superanus, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér.
Sopranstimme (German): soprano pitch
Definitions
- soprano pitch
Ancestry of “Sopranstimme”, step by step
Sopranstimme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Sopran
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sopran | soprano |
| 2 | French | soprano | soprano |
| 3 | Italian | soprano | a singer, commonly a woman, with a register... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | superanus | — |
| 5 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 6 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |