Where does “stroomrekening” come from?
stroomrekening (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.
stroomrekening (Dutch): power bill
Definitions
- power bill
Ancestry of “stroomrekening”, step by step
stroomrekening 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 rekening
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rekening | A calculation; A mathematically consistent set of... |
| 2 | Dutch | rekenen | to calculate, to do arithmetic |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | rēkenen | to put in order (an account, bill etc) |
| 4 | Old Dutch | rekanon | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rekanōną | to count; to explain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |