Where does “trækharmonika” come from?
trækharmonika (Danish) comes from Danish harmonika, from English harmonica, from Italian armonica, from English armonica, from Italian armonia, from French harmonium, from French harmonie, from Latin harmonia — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
trækharmonika (Danish): accordion; concertina
Definitions
- accordion; concertina
Ancestry of “trækharmonika”, step by step
trækharmonika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish harmonika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | harmonika | accordion; concertina; harmonica |
| 2 | English | harmonica | a musical wind instrument with a series of holes... |
| 3 | Italian | armonica | armonica, glass harmonica; harmonica, mouth... |
| 4 | English | armonica | A musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls... |
| 5 | Italian | armonia | harmony |
| 6 | French | harmonium | harmonium |
| 7 | French | harmonie | harmony |
| 8 | Latin | harmonia | harmony, concordance of sounds; music, singing,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἁρμονία | Harmonia |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
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 |