Where does “pendla” come from?
pendla (Swedish) comes from Swedish pendel, from German pendel, from Medieval Latin pendulum, from Latin pendulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pendla (Swedish): to swing like a pendulum; to pendulate
Definitions
- to swing like a pendulum; to pendulate
Ancestry of “pendla”, step by step
pendla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish pendel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pendel | a pendulum; a commute, a commuter train |
| 2 | German | pendel | inflection of pendeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | pendulum | nominative neuter singular of pendulus;... |
| 4 | Latin | pendulus | hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Swedish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | a | from |
| 2 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 3 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 4 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 6 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |