Where does “Strumpfband” come from?

Strumpfband (German) comes from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — ox; aleph; alef.

Strumpfband (German): garter

Definitions

  1. garter

Ancestry of “Strumpfband”, step by step

Strumpfband traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German band

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

via German strumpf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstrumpfstocking; hose women’s undergarment covering the foot, the lower leg, and part of the thigh
2Middle High Germanstrumpf
3Old High German*strumpf
4Proto-Germanicstrumpazstem, stalk
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