English
stormflow
From storm + flow.
Proto-Germanic *staurijaną ‘to destroy, disturb’
Proto-Germanic *sturmaz ‘storm’
Proto-West Germanic *sturm ‘storm’
Old English storm ‘tempest, storm’
Middle English storm
English storm
Proto-Germanic *flōaną ‘to flow’
Proto-West Germanic *flōan ‘to flow’
Old English flōwan ‘to flow’
Middle English flowen
Middle English flowe
English flow
Today it means
noun The runoff of surface water from rainfall.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / stormflow