Where does “bredbånd” come from?
bredbånd (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.
bredbånd (Norwegian Bokmål): broadband
Ancestry of “bredbånd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | the; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,... |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |