Where does “trækbasun” come from?
trækbasun (Danish) comes from Danish basun, from Old Norse basún, from Middle Low German basūne, from Old French boisine, from Latin būcina, from Latin bōs, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus — army.
trækbasun (Danish): trombone
Definitions
- trombone
Ancestry of “trækbasun”, step by step
trækbasun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish basun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | basun | trombone |
| 2 | Old Norse | basún | bassoon |
| 3 | Middle Low German | basūne | — |
| 4 | Old French | boisine | — |
| 5 | Latin | būcina | bugle |
| 6 | Latin | bōs | head of cattle (cow, bull, steer, or ox) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 8 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Danish træk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | træk | pull; touch, feature, trait; move |
| 2 | Danish | trække | to pull, drag, haul, tow; to draw; to withdraw |
| 3 | Middle Low German | trecken | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | trekkian | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |