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Where does “sirkel” come from?

sirkel (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin circulus, 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.

sirkel (Norwegian Nynorsk): a circle

Definitions

  1. a circle

Ancestry of “sirkel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincirculuscircle; An orbit; A ring, hoop
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “sirkel”

  • storsirkel
  • polarsirkel
  • sirkelrund
  • steinsirkel
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