Where does “straum” come from?

straum (Proto-West Germanic) 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.

straum (Proto-West Germanic): stream

Definitions

  1. stream

Ancestry of “straum”, 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 “straum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European srew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European srowmos →