Where does “Bandwurmsatz” come from?

Bandwurmsatz (German) comes from German Bandwurm, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a.

Bandwurmsatz (German): run-on sentence

Definitions

  1. run-on sentence

Ancestry of “Bandwurmsatz”, step by step

Bandwurmsatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bandwurm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBandwurmtapeworm
2Germanbandpast of binden
3Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
4Frenchthere; here, present
5Italianthere
6Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
7Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
8GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
9Germana-MollA-minor
10Hungarianathe; this; that
11Frenchàto; on the, to; at
12Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
13Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
14LatinA
15Etruscan𐌀and, also
16Ancient Greekᾱ̔

via German Satz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSatzsentence; proposition, theorem; set
2Middle High Germansaz
3Middle High Germansetzento set, place down
4Old High Germansezzento make sit, set, put
5Proto-West Germanic*sattjanto set, place
6Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
7Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
8Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔Every word from Etruscan 𐌀Every word from Latin A