Where does “armbandsur” come from?
armbandsur (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk armband, from Norwegian Nynorsk band, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la — that.
armbandsur (Norwegian Nynorsk): a wristwatch
Definitions
- a wristwatch
Ancestry of “armbandsur”, step by step
armbandsur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk armband
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | armband | a bracelet, armband |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | band | a tape; a ribbon; a 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 | a | the; this; that |
| 13 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 14 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 15 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 16 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 17 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Norwegian Nynorsk ur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | ur | a clock or watch; a terrain of large, fallen... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | ūr | watch, clock |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | ūre | hour |
| 4 | Old Dutch | ūra | — |
| 5 | Old French | houre | hour; time; moment to do something |
| 6 | Latin | hōra | hour |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὥρα | any defined period of time; season; climate |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *worā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |