endorheic
English
/ˌɛndə(ʊ)ˈɹiːɪk/, /ˌɛndoʊˈɹiɪk/
adj
Definitions
- (hydrology) Of 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.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ῥέω (flow, stream, I flow, gush, pour) derived from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (flow, stream), *srew- (flow, stream).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*srew-
Gloss
flow, stream
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
河
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arheic English
- exorheic English
- rheology English
- rheumatic English
- rheumatism English
- Rauma Finnish
- Roma Latin
- Sorvioduni Latin
- διαρρέω Ancient Greek
- καταρρέω Ancient Greek
- συρρέω Ancient Greek
- ὠκύροος Ancient Greek
- ῥέω Ancient Greek
- ῥεῖθρον Ancient Greek
- ῥεῦμα Ancient Greek
- ῥεῦσις Ancient Greek
- ῥοή Ancient Greek
- ῥοία Ancient Greek
- ῥύσις Ancient Greek
- *bʰlew- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰlewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sre/ow-te-s Proto-Indo-European
- *srew- Proto-Indo-European
- *srowmos Proto-Indo-European
- *sru-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *sréw-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *strow- Proto-Indo-European
- *straumaz Proto-Germanic
- स्रवति Sanskrit
- स्रुव Sanskrit
- *struja Proto-Slavic
- *strumy Proto-Slavic
- ρέω Greek (modern)
- գետառ Old Armenian
- *srutom Proto-Celtic
- строуꙗ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- srovė Lithuanian
- srūti Lithuanian
- *hréyyō Proto-Hellenic