Where does “contracorriente” come from?

contracorriente (Spanish) comes from Spanish corriente, from Latin currēns, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

contracorriente (Spanish): countercurrent

Definitions

countercurrent

Ancestry of “contracorriente”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	corriente	flowing, running; current; common, usual
2	Latin	currēns	running
3	Latin	currō	to run
4	Proto-Indo-European	ḱer-	to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5	Proto-Indo-European	kr̥-	to turn, to bend
6	Proto-Indo-European	ker-	army

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →