Where does “brākbant” come from?
brākbant (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic banti, from Dutch band, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la — that.
Ancestry of “brākbant”, step by step
brākbant traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Germanic banti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | banti | district, region |
| 2 | Dutch | band | connection, liaison, bond; band; tire/tyre |
| 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 Proto-Germanic bant-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | bant- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰonHdeₕ₂- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰHdús- | — |