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Where does “Strömung” come from?

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

Strömung (German): current, stream, flux, flow

Definitions

  1. current, stream, flux, flow

Ancestry of “Strömung”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Strömung”

  • Konvektionsströmung
  • Wasserströmung
  • Windströmung
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