Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/straumaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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

Descendants

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: stroom
  - Dutch: stroom
    - English: maelstrom
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:
  - Bokmål: strøm
  - Nynorsk: straum
- Old Swedish: strømber
  - Swedish: ström
- Danish: strøm
→ Finnish: rauma, Rauma
→ Proto-Samic:
- Northern Sami: rávdnji

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