Where does “bandera” come from?

bandera (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian bandiera, from Italian banda, from Frankish binda, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

bandera (Serbo-Croatian): pole; flag; flag pole

Definitions

  1. pole; flag; flag pole

Ancestry of “bandera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbandieraflag
2Italianbandaside; tape or strip; bend
3Frankishbindajoin, link
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →Every word from Frankish binda →Every word from Italian banda →