Where does “bandenlichter” come from?
bandenlichter (Dutch) comes from Dutch band, 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.
bandenlichter (Dutch): tyre lever, tire iron for bike wheels
Definitions
- tyre lever, tire iron for bike wheels
Ancestry of “bandenlichter”, step by step
bandenlichter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch band
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | band | connection, liaison, bond; band; tire/tyre |
| 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 |
via Dutch lichten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lichten | to raise, to lift up; to empty out |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lichten | — |
| 3 | Middle English | lihten | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *lį̄htijan | to lighten, make weigh less |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | linhtijaną | to make light; to make easy |
| 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 |