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Where does “ondulieren” come from?

ondulieren (German) comes from French onduler, from French ondulation, from Latin undula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ondulieren (German): to undulate; to wave

Definitions

  1. to undulate; to wave

Ancestry of “ondulieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchondulerto wave
2Frenchondulationundulation
3Latinundulawavelet; vocative singular of undula; ablative...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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