Where does “rundkjøring” come from?
rundkjøring (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rund, from Norwegian Bokmål runde, from German runde, from German Rund, from French rond, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus — to run.
rundkjøring (Norwegian Bokmål): a roundabout; a traffic circle
Definitions
- a roundabout; a traffic circle
Ancestry of “rundkjøring”, step by step
rundkjøring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål rund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rund | round; imperative of runde |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | runde | definite singular of rund; plural of rund; a... |
| 3 | German | runde | inflection of runden: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | German | Rund | round |
| 5 | French | rond | round; drunk; circle |
| 6 | Old French | reont | round |
| 7 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 8 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 9 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 10 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |
via Norwegian Bokmål kjøring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kjøring | — |