Where does “bändibussi” come from?
bändibussi (Finnish) 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.
bändibussi (Finnish): band bus bus used to carry a music band around, often special-equipped
Definitions
- band bus bus used to carry a music band around, often special-equipped
Ancestry of “bändibussi”, step by step
bändibussi 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 Finnish bussi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | bussi | bus |
| 2 | English | omnibus | A vehicle set up to carry many people; An... |
| 3 | French | omnibus | Pertaining to a local; omnibus, bus |
| 4 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 5 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | opnis | every, all |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |