Where does “saalibändi” come from?
saalibändi (Estonian) comes from Finnish bändi, 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.
saalibändi (Estonian): floorball
Definitions
- floorball
Ancestry of “saalibändi”, step by step
saalibändi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish bändi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | bändi | band, group |
| 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 Estonian saal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonian | saal | hall, large room |
| 2 | German | Saal | hall or large room |
| 3 | Middle High German | sal | — |
| 4 | Old High German | sal | house, hall; dwelling, house, entrance hall;... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sāli | happiness, prosperity; proper, appropriate time |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | saliz | house; dwelling; hall; room |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sol- | whole |