Where does “Luftströmung” come from?
Luftströmung (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.
Luftströmung (German): air current
Definitions
- air current
Ancestry of “Luftströmung”, step by step
Luftströmung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Strömung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Strömung | current, stream, flux, flow |
| 2 | German | strömen | To flow, stream, pour |
| 3 | German | Strom | a large river; stream; current; electric current;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | strūm | — |
| 5 | Old High German | stroum | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | straum | stream |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
via German luft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | luft | air, atmosphere |
| 2 | Middle High German | luft | — |
| 3 | Old High German | luft | air |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |