Where does “rostogoli” come from?
rostogoli (Romanian) comes from Romanian rostogol, from Romanian rotocol, from Romanian roată, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- — to run.
rostogoli (Romanian): to roll; to somersault
Ancestry of “rostogoli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | rostogol | — |
| 2 | Romanian | rotocol | wreath; round slice; more generally, something... |
| 3 | Romanian | roată | wheel |
| 4 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |