Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/srew-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

According to one theory, derived from Proto-Indo-European *ser-, whence also Latin serum.[1]

Root

*srew-[2][3]

to flow, stream

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *srew-

*sréw-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Proto-Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: առոգեմ (aṙogem)
    - Armenian: ոռոգել (oṙogel)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sráwati
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sráwati
    - Sanskrit: स्रवति (srávati, “to flow”)
  - Proto-Iranian: *sráwati
    - Parthian: 𐫡𐫀𐫇𐫏𐫗𐫅‎ (rʾwynd, “to pour off”, 3pl.pres.)
*sréw-ye-ti (ye-present)
- Proto-Hellenic: *hréyyō
  - Ancient Greek: ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, stream”)
    - Greek: ρέω (réo)
*srow-éye-ti (causative)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *srāwáyati
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *srāwáyati
    - Sanskrit: स्रावयति (srāváyati)
*sréw-mn̥
- Proto-Hellenic: *hréumə
  - Ancient Greek: ῥεῦμα (rheûma)[4] (see there for further descendants)
*sre/ow-tes-
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sráwtas (see there for further descendants)
*sréw-ti-s ~ *sru-téy-s[4]
- Proto-Hellenic: *hréutis, *hrútis
  - Ancient Greek: ῥεῦσις (rheûsis), ῥύσις (rhúsis, “flow”)
    - Greek: ρύση (rýsi)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *srútis
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *srútis
    - Sanskrit: स्रुति (srúti-, “stream, (out)flow, discharge; course, path; drain”)
*srow-m-eh₂
- Proto-Albanian: *srūmā
  - Albanian: rrymë, rrym
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *s(t)raumāˀ
  - Latvian: stràuma[4]
*srow-mo-s
- Proto-Germanic: *straumaz[4] (see there for further descendants)
*srow-men-
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *s(t)raumen
  - Proto-Slavic: *strumy (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *srowman-[5]
  - Proto-Brythonic:
    - >? Old Breton: strum
  - Old Irish: srúaim[6]
- Thracian:
  - → Ancient Greek: Στρυμών (Strumṓn)
*srow-éh₂[4]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *s(t)rawā́ˀ
  - Latvian: strava, stràvа
  - Lithuanian: sravà
    - ⇒ Lithuanian: prasrava
- Proto-Hellenic: *hrowā́
  - Ancient Greek: ῥοή (rhoḗ)
    - Greek: ροή (roḯ)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *srawáH
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *srawáH
    - ⇒ Sanskrit: गिरिस्रवा (girisravā)
*srów-o-s[4]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *s(t)ráwas
  - Proto-Slavic: *strovъ
    - ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *ostrovъ (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *hrówos
  - Ancient Greek: ῥόος (rhóos)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *srávas
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *srávas
    - Sanskrit: स्रव (srava)
*srow-yeh₂
- >? Proto-Armenian: (or from *sréw-ti- above)
  - Old Armenian: առու (aṙu) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *s(t)raujāˀ
  - Latvian: strauja
  - Lithuanian: sraujà
  - Proto-Slavic: *struja (see there for further descendants)
    - ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *strujiti (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *hroyyā́
  - Ancient Greek: ῥοία (rhoía)
*sru-tó-s[4]
- Proto-Hellenic: *hrutós
  - Ancient Greek: ῥυτός (rhutós)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *srutás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *srutás
    - Sanskrit: स्रुत (srutá)
- ⇒ *sru-tó-m
  - Proto-Celtic: *srutom (see there for further descendants)
  - Proto-Hellenic: *hrutón
    - >? Ancient Greek: ῥυτόν (rhutón)
  - Proto-Indo-Iranian: *srutám
    - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *srutám
      - Sanskrit: स्रुत (srutá)
*sru-dʰ-mó-s
- Proto-Hellenic: *hrutʰmós
  - Ancient Greek: ῥυθμός (rhuthmós) (see there for further descendants)
*srew-edʰrom
- Proto-Hellenic: *hréwetʰrom
  - Ancient Greek: ῥέεθρον (rhéethron), ῥεῖθρον (rheîthron)
Unsorted formations:
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: գետ-առ (get-aṙ) (see there for further descendants)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Latvian: strāve (“a flow, current”)
  - Lithuanian: srovė (“a stream”), strovė̃[7]
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Latvian: stràume
  - Lithuanian: sraumuõ (“a stream”)[7], straumuo, sriaumė
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Lithuanian: sravėti (“to flow”)
  - Lithuanian: srū́ti (“to flow, run (of water); to cover oneself with water”)[4]

References

Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Strom”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*sreu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 588
Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*sreu̯-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 630
Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*sreu̯-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 630–634
Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “srúaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“sraumuo”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Strom”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

[2] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*sreu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 588

[3] Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*sreu̯-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 630

[NIL-4] Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*sreu̯-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 630–634

[5] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353

[6] G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “srúaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[LKZ-7] “sraumuo”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023