mael·strom 
(mālstrəm)
(mālstrəm)n.
1. A violent or turbulent situation: caught in the maelstrom of war.
2. A whirlpool of extraordinary size or violence.
[Obsolete Dutch : Dutch malen, to grind, whirl (from Middle Dutch; see melə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + Dutch stroom, stream (from Middle Dutch; see sreu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
- Indo-European root: pezd-
- Indo-European root: plat-
- Indo-European root: plek-
- Indo-European root: pleu-
- Indo-European root: plāk-
- Indo-European root: plāk-
- Indo-European root: pneu-
- Indo-European root: porko-
- Indo-European root: poti-
- Indo-European root: prek-
- Indo-European root: preus-
- Indo-European root: prī-
- Indo-European root: pā-
- Indo-European root: pāl-
- Indo-European root: pē(i)-
- Indo-European root: pō(i)-
- Indo-European root: pū̆-
- Indo-European root: pəter-
- Indo-European root: re-
- Indo-European root: reg-
- Indo-European root: rei-
- Indo-European root: reidh-
- Indo-European root: reig-
- Indo-European root: rep-
- Indo-European root: ret-