Where does “doomsurfing” come from?

doomsurfing (English) comes from English Doom, from Middle English doom, from Old English dōm, from Proto-Germanic dōmi, from Proto-Germanic dōną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

doomsurfing (English): The continuous, and often obsessive, reading of Internet news or information about a disaster

Definitions

  1. The continuous, and often obsessive, reading of Internet news or information about a disaster

Ancestry of “doomsurfing”, step by step

doomsurfing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Doom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDoomA popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the progenitor of the genre
2Middle Englishdooma judgement, (legal) decision or sentence
3Old Englishdōmmight, power, glory; judgement; doom, judgment,...
4Proto-Germanicdōmi
5Proto-Germanicdōnąto do, make; to put, place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tto put, to place; to do
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via English surfing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsurfingpresent participle of surf; The pastime or sport...
2English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
3Middle English-yngeAlternative form of -ing
4Old English-ungforming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action...
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-
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