Where does “bånd” come from?
bånd (Danish) comes from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a.
bånd (Danish): tape; ribbon; band
Definitions
- tape; ribbon; band
Ancestry of “bånd”, step by step
bånd traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English band
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 2 | German | band | past of binden |
| 3 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 4 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 5 | Italian | là | there |
| 6 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 7 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 8 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 9 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 10 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 11 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 12 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 13 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 14 | Latin | A | — |
| 15 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
via Danish bande
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | bande | gang; barrier, cushion; to curse |
| 2 | Old Norse | banna | ban, curse; to prohibit; to curse |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | bannaną | to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via Old Norse bann
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | bann | ban, curse |