Where does “stroomopwaarts” come from?
stroomopwaarts (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.
stroomopwaarts (Dutch): upstream, upriver
Definitions
- upstream, upriver
Ancestry of “stroomopwaarts”, step by step
stroomopwaarts 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 opwaarts
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | opwaarts | upward; upwards |
| 2 | Dutch | op | up; onto, up onto; Used in separative verbs... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | op | on, on top of; at, in the direction of; at, by |
| 4 | Old Dutch | up | up, upwards |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | upp | up, upwards |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ub | under |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |