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באַנד
‘ribbon’

באַנד
בענדער
די
'ribbon'
דער
'volume, book'

בענדל, בענדעלע
(diminutive)

ETYMOLOGY

ONG band, OE beand, English band, OS band, OHG bant, MHG bant, NHG Band; from PGmc ✱banda- 'band, bond' < ✱bʰondʰj-o- (DRV); cf. Young Avestan baṇda- 'bond, fetter'
Derived from ✱bindan- (see בינדן).
The meaning 'volume' arose in German in the 17th c. from the verb einbinden 'to bind (a book)' (see אײַנבינדן). The English meaning '(music) band' does not seem to have entered Yiddish.

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

rɔjt bɛndəlʲə רויט בענדעלע 'charm against the evil eye' {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

gəmaxt fin fajnə bɛndr̩ געמאַכט פֿון ווײַנע בענדער {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

a rojt bendalə of də cep אַ רויט בענדעלע אויף די צעפּ {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

bendlax / gumɩs בענדלעך / גומעס 'sock garters' {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}