Where does “rundi” come from?
rundi (Finnish) comes from Swedish 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.
rundi (Finnish): round circular or repetitious route; serving of something; a series of changes or events ending where it began; a stage in a competition
Definitions
- round circular or repetitious route; serving of something; a series of changes or events ending where it began; a stage in a competition
Ancestry of “rundi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rund | round; fat; rounded, approximate |
| 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 |