Where does “isterband” come from?
isterband (Swedish) comes from Swedish band, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá — to soften, to melt.
isterband (Swedish): a coarsely ground, slightly sour-tasting sausage of Swedish origin containing barley groats and/or potato, traditionally fermented with naturally occurring lactic acid bacteria
Definitions
- a coarsely ground, slightly sour-tasting sausage of Swedish origin containing barley groats and/or potato, traditionally fermented with naturally occurring lactic acid bacteria
Ancestry of “isterband”, step by step
isterband traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish band
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | band | a band, a ribbon, a tape; a strip of material; a... |
| 2 | English | band | A strip of material used for strengthening or... |
| 3 | German | band | past of binden |
| 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 |