Where does “streamweall” come from?

streamweall (Old English) comes from Old English strēam, 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.

streamweall (Old English): shore

Definitions

  1. shore

Ancestry of “streamweall”, step by step

streamweall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English strēam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstrēamcurrent; stream
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

via Old English weall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishweallwall; fervour; uproar; boiled or mulled wine
2Proto-Germanicwallazwell, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment
3Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European srew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European srowmos →