Where does “specialförband” come from?

specialförband (Swedish) comes from Swedish förband, from Swedish band, from English band, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la — that.

specialförband (Swedish): special force; a military force with a specialty

Definitions

  1. special force; a military force with a specialty

Ancestry of “specialförband”, step by step

specialförband traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish förband

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförbanda bandage; a joint; a force, an organic unit, a...
2Swedishbanda band, a ribbon, a tape; a strip of material; a...
3EnglishbandA strip of material used for strengthening or...
4Germanbandpast of binden
5Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
6Frenchthere; here, present
7Italianthere
8Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
9Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
10GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
11Germana-MollA-minor
12Hungarianathe; this; that
13Frenchàto; on the, to; at
14LatinAdtoward, to
15Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
16Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
17LatinolleArchaic form of ille
18Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Swedish special

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspeciala large-scale map folded into the main map or nautical chart
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnosEvery word from Latin olleEvery word from Latin ille