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