Where does “rondtrekken” come from?
rondtrekken (Dutch) comes from Dutch rond, from Middle Dutch ront, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā — to run.
rondtrekken (Dutch): wander (move without purpose)
Definitions
- wander (move without purpose)
Ancestry of “rondtrekken”, step by step
rondtrekken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch rond
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rond | round, circular; finished, completed; around,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | ront | — |
| 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 Dutch trekken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | trekken | to pull, to draw; to manage, to have the strength... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |