Where does “Soundkarte” come from?
Soundkarte (German) comes from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta, from Latin carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
Soundkarte (German): sound card
Definitions
- sound card
Ancestry of “Soundkarte”, step by step
Soundkarte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German karte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 2 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 3 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 4 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 5 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 6 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 7 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 8 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via German Sound
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sound | sound |
| 2 | English | Sound | The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Øresund |
| 3 | Middle English | sound | — |
| 4 | Old English | sund | swimming; sea, water |
| 5 | Old Norse | sund | swimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sundą | swimming; sound, strait |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |
via English sound card
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sound card | A computer hardware device used for generating... |