Where does “streamflow” come from?
Streamflow derives from English stream and flow, where flow comes from Middle English flowen, Old English flōwan, Proto-Germanic straumaz, and Proto-Indo-European plew-, meaning to flow or stream.
streamflow (English): The runoff of surface water through a channel
Definitions
- The runoff of surface water through a channel
Ancestry of “streamflow”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stream | A small river; a large creek; a body of moving... |
| 2 | Middle English | streem | Alternative form of strem |
| 3 | Middle English | strem | A waterbody; a region of the world containing... |
| 4 | Old English | strēam | current; stream |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | straum | stream |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |