Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/straum

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *straumaz.

Noun

*straum m

1. stream

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*straum, *strauma
Genitive	*straumas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*straum, *strauma	*straumōs
Accusative	*straum, *strauma	*straumā
Genitive	*straumas	*straumō
Dative	*straumē	*straumum
Instrumental	*straumu	*straumum

Derived terms

• *straumijan

Descendants

• Old English: strēam
  • Middle English: strem, streem
    • Scots: strem, streme, streym, stream
    • English: stream
• Old Frisian: strām
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: struum

    Sylt: Stroom

  • Saterland Frisian: Stroom
  • West Frisian: stream
• Old Saxon: strōm
  • Middle Low German: strōm
    • German Low German: Stroom
    • Low German: Stroom, Strom, Stråm
• 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)