Where does “bandeha” come from?
bandeha (Tagalog) comes from Spanish bandeja, from Portuguese bandeja, from Portuguese banda, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá — to soften, to melt.
bandeha (Tagalog): tray; platter
Ancestry of “bandeha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | bandeja | tray, platter |
| 2 | Portuguese | bandeja | tray |
| 3 | Portuguese | banda | band, stripe; side; bend |
| 4 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 5 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 6 | Italian | là | there |
| 7 | Spanish | la | the; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,... |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |