Where does “stroommeter” come from?
stroommeter (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.
stroommeter (Dutch): ammeter, current meter
Definitions
- ammeter, current meter
Ancestry of “stroommeter”, step by step
stroommeter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Dutch meter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | meter | measurer; meter; meter, metre |
| 2 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |