Where does “stämband” come from?
stämband (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.
stämband (Swedish): a vocal cord
Definitions
- a vocal cord
Ancestry of “stämband”, step by step
stämband 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 |
via Swedish stämma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stämma | a voice; a pitch, a part; a meeting, an assembly |
| 2 | Middle Low German | stemmen | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *stemnian | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *stabnijan | to make oneself be heard |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *stabnijaną | to make oneself be heard |