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Where does “stroomstoring” come from?

stroomstoring (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.

stroomstoring (Dutch): power cut, blackout

Definitions

  1. power cut, blackout

Ancestry of “stroomstoring”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchstroomA flow, current or flush, as of moving water or...
2Middle Dutchstrôom—
3Old Dutchstrōm—
4Proto-West Germanicstraumstream
5Proto-Germanicstraumazstream, current, river
6Proto-Indo-Europeansrowmosriver
7Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
8Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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