Where does “vekselstrømmi” come from?
vekselstrømmi (Greenlandic) comes from Danish vekselstrøm, from Danish strøm, from Old Norse straumr, 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.
vekselstrømmi (Greenlandic): alternating current
Ancestry of “vekselstrømmi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | vekselstrøm | alternating current |
| 2 | Danish | strøm | current; flow, stream, spate; energy |
| 3 | Old Norse | straumr | a stream, a current, a race, a river; the tide |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |