Etymograph

English

streamlet

From stream + -let.

A compound of stream + -let

Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow’

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Proto-Germanic *straumaz

Proto-West Germanic *straum

Old English strēam

Middle English streem

English stream

Today it means

noun A small stream.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “streamlet”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / streamlet