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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɑu̯.mɑz/

Noun

*straumaz m

1. 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
        • Afrikaans: stroom
      • Limburgish: stroum
  • Old High German: stroum, strōm
    • Middle High German: stroum, strām, strōm, strūm (partially merged with strām (“streak”) < *strēmaz)
      • 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