Where does “rundbold” come from?
rundbold (Danish) comes from Danish rund, from Middle Low German runt, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā — to run.
rundbold (Danish): a bat-and-ball game similar to Danish longball
Definitions
- a bat-and-ball game similar to Danish longball
Ancestry of “rundbold”, step by step
rundbold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish rund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | rund | round, circular; plump, chubby, rotund; smooth |
| 2 | Middle Low German | runt | — |
| 3 | Old French | reont | round |
| 4 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 5 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 6 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 7 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |