Where does “klittenband” come from?
klittenband (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.
klittenband (Dutch): Velcro
Ancestry of “klittenband”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | the; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,... |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |