Where does “stormband” come from?
stormband (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.
stormband (Dutch): chinstrap
Definitions
- chinstrap
Ancestry of “stormband”, step by step
stormband 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 storm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | storm | storm; a wind scale for very strong wind,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | storm | storm, violent weather; storm, heavy wind; storm,... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | storm | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sturm | storm |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sturmaz | storm |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)twer- | to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn... |