Where does “armbånd” come from?
armbånd (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bånd, from Danish bånd, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la — to soften, to melt.
armbånd (Norwegian Bokmål): a bracelet
Definitions
- a bracelet
Ancestry of “armbånd”, step by step
armbånd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bånd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bånd | tape; ribbon; band |
| 2 | Danish | bånd | tape; ribbon; band |
| 3 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 4 | German | band | past of binden |
| 5 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 6 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 7 | Italian | là | there |
| 8 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 9 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 10 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 11 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 12 | Hungarian | moll | minor |
| 13 | German | Moll | minor |
| 14 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 15 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 16 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |