Where does “kassettbandspelare” come from?
kassettbandspelare (Swedish) comes from Swedish kassettband, from Swedish band, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la — that.
kassettbandspelare (Swedish): a cassette player
Definitions
- a cassette player
Ancestry of “kassettbandspelare”, step by step
kassettbandspelare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kassettband
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kassettband | a cassette tape |
| 2 | Swedish | band | a band, a ribbon, a tape; a strip of material; a... |
| 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 Swedish spelare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | spelare | player |
| 2 | Swedish | spela | to play; a game, a tune, a melody, an instrument... |
| 3 | Old Norse | spila | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | spillen | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | spilon | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | spilōn | to play; to dance, move |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |