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Where does “Durchströmbarkeit” come from?

Durchströmbarkeit (German) comes from German durchströmbar, from German durchströmen, from German strömen, from German Strom, from Middle High German strūm, from Old High German stroum, from Proto-West Germanic straum, from Proto-Germanic straumaz — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

Durchströmbarkeit (German): permeability

Definitions

  1. permeability

Ancestry of “Durchströmbarkeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandurchströmbarpermeable
2Germandurchströmento perfuse or permeate
3GermanströmenTo flow, stream, pour
4GermanStroma large river; stream; current; electric current;...
5Middle High Germanstrūm—
6Old High Germanstroum—
7Proto-West Germanicstraumstream
8Proto-Germanicstraumazstream, current, river
9Proto-Indo-Europeansrowmosriver
10Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
11Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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