Where does “Windströmung” come from?
Windströmung (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.
Windströmung (German): windstream, wind current
Ancestry of “Windströmung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |