Where does “banjolele” come from?
banjolele (English) comes from English ukulele, from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from Hawaiian ʻuku, from Proto-Polynesian kutu, from Proto-Oceanic kutu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kutu, from Austronesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux — louse insect.
banjolele (English): A four-stringed musical instrument with a small...
Definitions
- A four-stringed musical instrument with a small...
Ancestry of “banjolele”, step by step
banjolele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ukulele
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ukulele | A small four-stringed guitar |
| 2 | Hawaiian | ʻukulele | A small four-stringed guitar, an ukulele |
| 3 | Hawaiian | ʻuku | louse, flea |
| 4 | Proto-Polynesian | kutu | louse |
| 5 | Proto-Oceanic | kutu | louse generic |
| 6 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | kutu | — |
| 7 | Austronesian | *kutu | — |
| 8 | Proto-Austronesian | *kuCux | louse insect |
via English banjo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | banjo | A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings |
| 2 | English | bandore | A stringed instrument similar in form to a... |
| 3 | Spanish | bandurria | bandurria |
| 4 | Latin | pandura | a pandore |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πανδοῦρα | pandura, a three-stringed lute |