Where does “overstroming” come from?
overstroming (Dutch) comes from Dutch overstromen, 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 — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
overstroming (Dutch): a flood
Definitions
- a flood
Ancestry of “overstroming”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | overstromen | to overflow |
| 2 | Dutch | stromen | to flow |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | strômen | to stream, to flow |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | strôom | A stream |
| 5 | Old Dutch | strōm | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | straum | stream |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |