Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/straum

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *straumaz.

Noun

*straum m

stream

Inflection

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

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: 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)

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