Where does “runde” come from?
runde (Danish) comes from German runde, from German Rund, from French rond, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
runde (Danish): a round e.g. in boxing
Definitions
- a round e.g. in boxing
Ancestry of “runde”, step by step
runde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German runde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | runde | inflection of runden: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | Rund | round |
| 3 | French | rond | round; drunk; circle |
| 4 | Old French | reont | round |
| 5 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 6 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 7 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 8 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |