Where does “målebånd” come from?
målebånd (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.
målebånd (Norwegian Bokmål): a measuring tape or tape measure
Definitions
- a measuring tape or tape measure
Ancestry of “målebånd”, step by step
målebånd traces back through 3 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 |
via Danish måle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | måle | measure |
| 2 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 3 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 6 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via Norwegian Bokmål måle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | måle | to measure |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | mål | language, dialect; aim, goal, purpose, target,... |
| 3 | Dutch | mal | mold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense |
| 4 | Old French | mole | — |
| 5 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |