English
Struma
Struma comes from Bulgarian Струма, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*srew-‘to flow’root as named · steps between not traced
- Thracianmodern*strúmāreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣτρυμών
- BulgarianmodernСтрумаStruma
- EnglishtodayStruma
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*srew-‘to flow’root as named · steps between not traced
- Thracianmodern*strúmāreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣτρυμών
- BulgarianmodernСтрумаStruma
- EnglishtodayStruma
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow’
stream, rhythm, rheumatism, hemorrhoid, rheumatic, maelstrom, rheumatology, rheology, 43 more
Today it means
name A river in Bulgaria, and northern Greece, which flows into the Aegean Sea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *srew- / Struma