Where does “struum” come from?

struum (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian strām, 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.

struum (North Frisian): river, stream; electricity

Definitions

  1. river, stream; electricity

Ancestry of “struum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianstrām—
2Proto-West Germanicstraumstream
3Proto-Germanicstraumazstream, current, river
4Proto-Indo-Europeansrowmosriver
5Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
6Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European srew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European srowmos →
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