Where does “Strom” come from?

Strom (German) comes from Middle High German stroum, from Old High German stroum, from Proto-West Germanic straum, from Proto-Germanic straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European srowmos, from Proto-Indo-European srew-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

Strom (German): singular imperative of strömen; first-person...

Definitions

  1. singular imperative of strömen; first-person...

Ancestry of “Strom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstroum—
2Old High Germanstroum—
3Proto-West Germanicstraumstream
4Proto-Germanicstraumazstream, current, river
5Proto-Indo-Europeansrowmosriver
6Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
7Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “Strom”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →