Where does “pendelen” come from?
pendelen (Dutch) comes from Latin pendulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pendelen (Dutch): to commute; to oscillate
Definitions
- to commute; to oscillate
Ancestry of “pendelen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pendulus | hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended;... |
| 2 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |