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Where does “strømavtaker” come from?

strømavtaker (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål strøm, 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.

strømavtaker (Norwegian Bokmål): a pantograph; a current collector for contact...

Definitions

  1. a pantograph; a current collector for contact...

Ancestry of “strømavtaker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålstrømpower, electricity; stream; current
2Danishstrømcurrent; flow, stream, spate; energy
3Old Norsestraumra stream, a current, a race, a river; the tide
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
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