Where does “Rundlauf” come from?

Rundlauf (German) comes from German Rund, from French rond, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā — to run.

Rundlauf (German): the act of going around, moving around

Definitions

  1. the act of going around, moving around

Ancestry of “Rundlauf”, step by step

Rundlauf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Rund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRundround
2Frenchrondround; drunk; circle
3Old Frenchreontround
4Latinretundusround
5Latinrotundusround, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,...
6Latinrotōto turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish
7LatinRotaan ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic...
8Proto-Italicrotā
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHróth₂-eh₂
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreth₂-to run

via German Lauf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLaufa run; a leg of certain animals; barrel
2Middle High Germanlouf
3Old High Germanhlouf
4Proto-Germanichlaupąleap; course, race
5Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
6Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂-