Where does “overstromen” come from?
overstromen (Dutch) comes from Dutch stromen, from Middle Dutch strômen, 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- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
overstromen (Dutch): to overflow
Definitions
- to overflow
Ancestry of “overstromen”, step by step
overstromen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch stromen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | stromen | to flow |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | strômen | to stream, to flow |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | strôom | A stream |
| 4 | Old Dutch | strōm | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | straum | stream |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |