Where does “streamling” come from?
streamling (English) comes from English stream, from Middle English streem, from Middle English strem, from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic straum, from Proto-Germanic straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European srowmos, from Proto-Indo-European srew- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
streamling (English): A little stream; a streamlet; A kind of Baltic...
Definitions
- A little stream; a streamlet; A kind of Baltic...
Ancestry of “streamling”, step by step
streamling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stream
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via English Ling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ling | Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae |
| 2 | Middle English | ling | Any of various varieties of heather or broom |
| 3 | Old Norse | lyng | heather, ling |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lingwą | heather, ling |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰ- | light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,... |