Where does “rundskrivelse” come from?
rundskrivelse (Swedish) comes from Swedish rund, from Middle Low German runt, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā — to run.
rundskrivelse (Swedish): a circular (communication sent to a certain group)
Definitions
- a circular (communication sent to a certain group)
Ancestry of “rundskrivelse”, step by step
rundskrivelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish rund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rund | round; fat; rounded, approximate |
| 2 | Middle Low German | runt | — |
| 3 | Old French | reont | round |
| 4 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 5 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 6 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 7 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |
via Swedish skrivelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skrivelse | a writ, a written communication |
| 2 | Danish | -else | added to a verb to form a noun for an action or... |
| 3 | Danish | -ilse | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | -isli | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -islī | Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |