Where does “rokkibändi” come from?
rokkibändi (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.
rokkibändi (Finnish): Alternative form of rockbändi
Definitions
- Alternative form of rockbändi
Ancestry of “rokkibändi”, step by step
rokkibändi 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 rokki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rokki | rock music |
| 2 | Swedish | rock | a coat, an overcoat; rock, rock and roll |
| 3 | English | Rock | for someone living near a rock or an oak (atter + oke) |
| 4 | English | rock and roll | A genre of popular music that evolved in the... |
| 5 | English | and | As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two... |
| 6 | Middle English | an | Alternative form of in; Alternative form of and;... |
| 7 | Old English | ond | and |
| 8 | Old English | and | and; even; also |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |