Where does “YouTubing” come from?
YouTubing (English) comes from English Youtube, from English You, from Middle English yow, from Old English ēow, from Proto-West Germanic iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic izwiz, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
YouTubing (English): The act of creating content as a YouTuber
Definitions
- The act of creating content as a YouTuber
Ancestry of “YouTubing”, step by step
YouTubing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Youtube
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Youtube | A video-sharing website |
| 2 | English | You | Honorific alternative letter-case form of you,... |
| 3 | Middle English | yow | Second-person plural object pronoun: you;... |
| 4 | Old English | ēow | Wo!, Alas!; sheep |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | iwwiz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | izwiz | accusative/dative/instrumental of *jūz |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *jūz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |