Where does “vårrulle” come from?
vårrulle (Swedish) comes from Swedish rulle, from Middle Low German rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل, from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ, from Classical Syriac ܠܝܛܪܐ — ingot.
vårrulle (Swedish): a spring roll
Definitions
- a spring roll
Ancestry of “vårrulle”, step by step
vårrulle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish rulle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rulle | roll; reel; movie |
| 2 | Middle Low German | rolle | — |
| 3 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 5 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 6 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 7 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 8 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 9 | French | litre | litre |
| 10 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |
via Swedish vår
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vår | our; belonging to us; spring; the season between... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | var | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | vár | spring |
| 4 | Old Norse | vás | toil, fatigue, from bad weather |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | ᚹᚨᛋ | was |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | was | first/third-person singular past active... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wes- | to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night |