Where does “Konvektionsströmung” come from?

Konvektionsströmung (German) comes from German Strömung, 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, from Proto-Indo-European srowmos — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

Konvektionsströmung (German): convection current

Definitions

  1. convection current

Ancestry of “Konvektionsströmung”, step by step

Konvektionsströmung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Strömung

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

via German Konvektion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKonvektionconvection
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-Every word from Proto-Indo-European srew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European srowmos
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