Where does “hjónabandsmiðlari” come from?
hjónabandsmiðlari (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hjónaband, from Icelandic band, from Old Norse band, from Proto-Germanic bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.
hjónabandsmiðlari (Icelandic): matchmaker one who arranges marriages
Definitions
- matchmaker one who arranges marriages
Ancestry of “hjónabandsmiðlari”, step by step
hjónabandsmiðlari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic hjónaband
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | hjónaband | marriage, wedlock |
| 2 | Icelandic | band | string; yarn; ties, connection, relations |
| 3 | Old Norse | band | the act of binding or settling; band, cord;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bindaną | to bind, to tie |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |
via Icelandic miðlari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | miðlari | mediator, intercessor; broker; server |
| 2 | Icelandic | -arí | er, -or; a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |