Where does “pendling” come from?
pendling (Swedish) comes from Swedish pendla, from Swedish pendel, from German pendel, from Medieval Latin pendulum, from Latin pendulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pendling (Swedish): pendulation
Definitions
- pendulation
Ancestry of “pendling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pendla | to swing like a pendulum; to pendulate |
| 2 | Swedish | pendel | a pendulum; a commute, a commuter train |
| 3 | German | pendel | inflection of pendeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | pendulum | nominative neuter singular of pendulus;... |
| 5 | Latin | pendulus | hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended;... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |