Where does “rundkørsel” come from?
rundkørsel (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.
rundkørsel (Danish): roundabout
Definitions
- roundabout
Ancestry of “rundkørsel”, step by step
rundkørsel 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 |
via Danish kørsel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | kørsel | driving |
| 2 | Danish | -sel | Forms nouns from verbs with the sense of "the act... |
| 3 | Old English | -els | suffix creating nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -islī | Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |