Where does “bloedstroom” come from?
bloedstroom (Dutch) comes from Dutch bloed, from Middle Dutch bloet, from Old Dutch bluot, from Proto-West Germanic blōd, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
bloedstroom (Dutch): blood flow
Definitions
- blood flow
Ancestry of “bloedstroom”, step by step
bloedstroom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bloed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bloed | blood; a grave consequence, a high price; a whole... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bloet | blood |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bluot | blood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blōd | blood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Dutch stroom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | stroom | A flow, current or flush, as of moving water or... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | strôom | A stream |
| 3 | Old Dutch | strōm | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | straum | stream |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |