Where does “innebandy” come from?
innebandy (Swedish) comes from Swedish bandy, from English bandy, from French bander, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá — to soften, to melt.
innebandy (Swedish): floorball, a stick-and-ball sport
Definitions
- floorball, a stick-and-ball sport
Ancestry of “innebandy”, step by step
innebandy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bandy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bandy | bandy (team sport) |
| 2 | English | bandy | To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange; To... |
| 3 | French | bander | to bandage; to flex, tighten the muscles, strain,... |
| 4 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 5 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 6 | Italian | là | there |
| 7 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 8 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 9 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 10 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 11 | Hungarian | moll | minor |
| 12 | German | Moll | minor |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 14 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 15 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |