Where does “strömlöshet” come from?
strömlöshet (Swedish) comes from German stromlos, from German ström, from Middle High German stroum, from Old High German stroum, from Proto-West Germanic straum, from Proto-Germanic straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European srowmos, from Proto-Indo-European srew- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
strömlöshet (Swedish): powerlessness lack of electricity
Definitions
- powerlessness lack of electricity
Ancestry of “strömlöshet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | stromlos | dead |
| 2 | German | ström | singular imperative of strömen; first-person... |
| 3 | Middle High German | stroum | — |
| 4 | Old High German | stroum | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | straum | stream |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |