Where does “startscum” come from?

startscum (English) comes from English Start, from English Stark, from German stark, from Middle High German stark, from Old High German stark, from Proto-Germanic starkuz, from Proto-Germanic sterkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sterg- — rigid, stiff; to love.

startscum (English): To start and quit the game repeatedly in order to...

Definitions

  1. To start and quit the game repeatedly in order to...

Ancestry of “startscum”, step by step

startscum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Start

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishStartA typical button for video games, originally used...
2EnglishStarkThe language spoken in the Ender's Game series,...
3Germanstarkstrong; great, brilliant, awesome
4Middle High Germanstark
5Old High Germanstarkstrong
6Proto-Germanicstarkuzstiff; rigid; strong
7Proto-Germanicsterkanąto become stiff, stiffen
8Proto-Indo-Europeansterg-rigid, stiff; to love

via English scum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscumA layer of impurities that accumulates at the...
2Middle Englishscum
3Middle Dutchschūmefoam
4Old Dutch*scūm
5Frankishskūmfoam; froth, foam
6Proto-Germanicskūmazfilm; grime; scum; foam; froth; yeast
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “startscum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterg-