Where does “halsbånd” come from?
halsbånd (Danish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bånd, from Danish bånd, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la — to soften, to melt.
halsbånd (Danish): collar; necklace
Definitions
- collar; necklace
Ancestry of “halsbånd”, step by step
halsbånd traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bånd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bånd | tape; ribbon; band |
| 2 | Danish | bånd | tape; ribbon; band |
| 3 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 4 | German | band | past of binden |
| 5 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 6 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 7 | Italian | là | there |
| 8 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 9 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 10 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 11 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 12 | Hungarian | moll | minor |
| 13 | German | Moll | minor |
| 14 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 15 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 16 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |
via Danish hals
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | hals | throat; neck; indefinite genitive singular of hal |
| 2 | Old Norse | háls | neck, part of the forecastle or bow of a ship |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | halsaz | neck, throat |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kólsos | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål hals
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hals | neck; throat |