Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*srew-
9 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *srew-, most common first.
- streamA small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
- SalisburyA surname.
- soarTo fly high with little effort, like a bird.
- rhymeRhyming verse (poetic form).
- maelstromA large and violent whirlpool.
- rheostatAn electrical resistor with two terminals, the resistance of which can be varied continuously by moving a knob or slider to regulate the flow of an electric current.
- endorheicOf a basin or lake: having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation or seepage into the ground.
- logorrheaExcessive talkativeness.
- urstromtalA broad glacial valley formed during an ice age by meltwater flowing roughly parallel to the ice margin.