Where does “Stromunterbrechung” come from?
Stromunterbrechung (German) comes from German ström, 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.
Stromunterbrechung (German): power interruption, power outage
Definitions
- power interruption, power outage
Ancestry of “Stromunterbrechung”, step by step
Stromunterbrechung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German ström
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ström | singular imperative of strömen; first-person... |
| 2 | Middle High German | stroum | — |
| 3 | Old High German | stroum | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | straum | stream |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
via German Unterbrechung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Unterbrechung | interruption |
| 2 | German | unter- | sub-, under- |
| 3 | German | Unter | jack, knave |
| 4 | Middle High German | under | — |
| 5 | Old High German | untar | under |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |