Where does “Tonaufzeichnungsgerät” come from?

Tonaufzeichnungsgerät (German) comes from German Gerät, from Middle High German geræte, from Old High German girāti, from Old High German rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Tonaufzeichnungsgerät (German): sound recorder, sound recording device

Definitions

  1. sound recorder, sound recording device

Ancestry of “Tonaufzeichnungsgerät”, step by step

Tonaufzeichnungsgerät traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gerät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGerätdevice, tool, appliance, machine; equipment,...
2Middle High Germangeræteequipment; consultation; equipment
3Old High Germangirātiadvice, consultation
4Old High Germanrātadvice, council; advise
5Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
6Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos—
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via German Aufzeichnung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAufzeichnungrecord, recording; outline, note
2Germanaufzeichnento record, take minutes of
3Germanauf-A separable prefix; similar to English up up-;...
4Germanaufon, upon; on, onto, up; on
5Middle High Germanūfon, upon
6Old High Germanūfup
7Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
8Proto-Germanicubunder
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via German tōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantōnclay
2Middle High Germantōn—
3LatintonusThe stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;...
4Ancient Greekτόνοςrope, cord; chord; tone, note
5Proto-Hellenictónosrope, cord; tension
6Proto-Indo-Europeantónossomething stretched; chord, fiber, string
7Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- →