Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/straumaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *strow-mo-s, *srowmos, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Lithuanian srovė (“current, stream, flow”), Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstrɑu̯.mɑz/

Noun

*straumaz m

stream, current, river
Synonyms: *albī, *flaumaz, *fleutą, *flōduz, *rīþaz

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *straumaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*straumaz	straumōz, straumōs
vocative	*straum	straumōz, straumōs
accusative	*straumą	*straumanz
genitive	straumas, straumis	*straumǫ̂
dative	*straumai	*straumamaz
instrumental	*straumō	*straumamiz

Derived terms

*straumijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *straum
- Old English: strēam
  - Middle English: strem, streem
    - Scots: strem, streme, streym, stream
    - English: stream
- Old Frisian: strām
  - North Frisian: strum
  - Saterland Frisian: Stroom
  - West Frisian: stream
- Old Saxon: strōm
  - Middle Low German: strōm
    - German Low German: Stroom
    - Low German: Stroom
- Old Dutch: *strōm
  - Middle Dutch: strôom
    - Dutch: stroom
    - Limburgish: stroum
- Old High German: stroum, strōm
  - Middle High German: stroum, strūm, strām
    - German: Strom
      - → German Low German: Strom
      - → Silesian: sztrům (“electrical current”)
    - Luxembourgish: Stroum
    - Yiddish: שטראָם‎ (shtrom)
Old Norse: straumr
- Icelandic: straumur
- Faroese: streymur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: straum
- Norwegian: (dialectal) strom(cf. flom < flaumr), strøym, strem
- Old Swedish: strømber
  - Swedish: ström
- Danish: strøm
  - Norwegian Bokmål: strøm
→ Finnish: rauma, Rauma
→ Proto-Samic:
- Northern Sami: rávdnji