Where does “gelijkstroom” come from?

gelijkstroom (Dutch) comes from Dutch stroom, from Middle Dutch strôom, from Old Dutch strōm, from Proto-West Germanic straum, from Proto-Germanic straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European srowmos, from Proto-Indo-European srew-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

gelijkstroom (Dutch): direct current

Definitions

  1. direct current

Ancestry of “gelijkstroom”, step by step

gelijkstroom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch stroom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchstroomA flow, current or flush, as of moving water or...
2Middle DutchstrôomA stream
3Old Dutchstrōm
4Proto-West Germanicstraumstream
5Proto-Germanicstraumazstream, current, river
6Proto-Indo-Europeansrowmosriver
7Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
8Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via Dutch gelijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgelijkequal, like, alike; equal, equivalent;...
2Middle Dutchgelijc
3Old Dutchgilīk
4Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
5Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-
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