Where does “bænd” come from?

bænd (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic bandaz, from French bandage, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a.

Ancestry of “bænd”, step by step

bænd traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic bandaz

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Germanic	bandaz	—
2	French	bandage	bandage
3	French	bande	band, strip; stripe; strip
4	French	là	there; here, present
5	Italian	là	there
6	Spanish	la	feminine singular definite article; the
7	Portuguese	lá	there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
8	German	a	Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
9	German	a-Moll	A-minor
10	Hungarian	a	the; this; that
11	French	à	to; on the, to; at
12	Middle French	a	to; towards; third-person singular present...
13	Old French	a	to; towards; belonging to
14	Latin	A	—
15	Etruscan	𐌀	and, also
16	Ancient Greek	ᾱ̔	—

via Proto-Germanic bandiz

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Germanic	bandiz	band

via Proto-Germanic bandą

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Germanic	bandą	bond

Every word from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔ →Every word from Etruscan 𐌀 →Every word from Latin A →