Where does “Rundfunksender” come from?
Rundfunksender (German) comes from German Rundfunk, from German Rund, from French rond, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
Rundfunksender (German): broadcasting station, broadcaster
Definitions
- broadcasting station, broadcaster
Ancestry of “Rundfunksender”, step by step
Rundfunksender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rundfunk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rundfunk | broadcasting; radio |
| 2 | German | Rund | round |
| 3 | French | rond | round; drunk; circle |
| 4 | Old French | reont | round |
| 5 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 6 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 7 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 8 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |
via German Sender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sender | agent noun of senden |
| 2 | German | Senden | gerund of senden; transmission |
| 3 | Middle High German | senden | — |
| 4 | Old High German | senten | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sandijaną | to send |
| 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 |