Where does “strumpeband” come from?
strumpeband (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.
strumpeband (Swedish): US a garter strap, UK a suspender strap, UK suspenders (attached to a girdle, corset, or the like)
Definitions
- US a garter strap, UK a suspender strap, UK suspenders (attached to a girdle, corset, or the like)
Ancestry of “strumpeband”, step by step
strumpeband 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 |