Where does “lämmittelybändi” come from?
lämmittelybändi (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.
lämmittelybändi (Finnish): warm-up band, opening band, support band band that performs before the main one in a concert or other performance
Definitions
- warm-up band, opening band, support band band that performs before the main one in a concert or other performance
Ancestry of “lämmittelybändi”, step by step
lämmittelybändi 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 lämmittely
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lämmittely | warm-up act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity |
| 2 | Finnish | lämmitellä | To warm; To warm up; To heat up slowly |
| 3 | Finnish | lämmittää | to warm, heat, heat up; to reheat |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | lämbittädäk | to warm, to heat |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | lämbin | warm |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | lämpe | — |