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Where does “straumr” come from?

straumr (Old Norse) comes 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.

straumr (Old Norse): a stream, a current, a race, a river; the tide

Definitions

  1. a stream, a current, a race, a river; the tide

Ancestry of “straumr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstraumazstream, current, river
2Proto-Indo-Europeansrowmosriver
3Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
4Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “straumr”

  • Ekstrom
  • rauma
  • Juutinrauma
  • Rauma
  • växelström
  • Bergström
  • Strömberg
  • Nyström
  • Nordström
  • Ekström
  • Åström
  • Söderström
  • strömflod
  • ström
  • strömförstärkning
  • havstrømning
  • strømbrudd
  • luftstrøm
  • jetstrøm
  • oppstrøms
  • nedstrøms
  • strømtilførsel
  • strømmåler
  • strømstyrke
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