Where does “באַנטיק” come from?
באַנטיק (Yiddish) comes from Russian ба́нтик, from Russian бант, from German band, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá — to soften, to melt.
באַנטיק (Yiddish): ribbon
Definitions
- ribbon
Ancestry of “באַנטיק”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ба́нтик | a (small) ribbon; a (small) bow |
| 2 | Russian | бант | bow; bowknot, ribbon |
| 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 |