Where does “banna” come from?

banna (Irish) comes from Old French bande, from Frankish binda, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

banna (Irish): band; Alternative form of banda; bond

Definitions

  1. band; Alternative form of banda; bond

Ancestry of “banna”, step by step

banna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French bande

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbandeband
2Frankishbindajoin, link
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

via Old Norse band

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebandthe act of binding or settling; band, cord;...
2Proto-Germanicbindanąto bind, to tie

Words derived from “banna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →Every word from Frankish binda →Every word from Old French bande →