Where does “rickrollaus” come from?
rickrollaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish rickrollata, from English rickroll, from English duckroll, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula.
rickrollaus (Finnish): rickrolling
Ancestry of “rickrollaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | rickrollata | rickroll |
| 2 | English | rickroll | To mislead someone into following a hyperlink... |
| 3 | English | duckroll | — |
| 4 | English | roll | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to... |
| 5 | Middle English | rolle | — |
| 6 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 8 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 9 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 10 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 11 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 12 | French | litre | litre |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | — |