Where does “Youtube” come from?
Youtube (English) comes 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.
Youtube (English): A video-sharing website
Definitions
- A video-sharing website
Ancestry of “Youtube”, step by step
Youtube traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English You
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | You | Honorific alternative letter-case form of you,... |
| 2 | Middle English | yow | Second-person plural object pronoun: you;... |
| 3 | Old English | ēow | Wo!, Alas!; sheep |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | iwwiz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | izwiz | accusative/dative/instrumental of *jūz |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *jūz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |
via English tube
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tube | Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;... |
| 2 | Middle French | tube | conduit; canal; pipe |
| 3 | Latin | tubus | tube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices |
| 4 | Latin | tuba | A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube |
via English LawTube
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | LawTube | The community of videobloggers (particularly YouTubers) who are lawyers or who create videos about legal topics |