Where does “stream key” come from?

stream key (English) comes from English stream, from Middle English streem, from Middle English strem, from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic straum, from Proto-Germanic straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European srowmos, from Proto-Indo-European srew- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

stream key (English): A code used to identify a source of audio/video...

Definitions

  1. A code used to identify a source of audio/video...

Ancestry of “stream key”, step by step

stream key traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English stream

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstreamA small river; a large creek; a body of moving...
2Middle EnglishstreemAlternative form of strem
3Middle EnglishstremA waterbody; a region of the world containing...
4Old Englishstrēamcurrent; stream
5Proto-West Germanicstraumstream
6Proto-Germanicstraumazstream, current, river
7Proto-Indo-Europeansrowmosriver
8Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
9Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via English key

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkeyAn object designed to open and close a lock; An...
2EnglishcayA small, low island largely made of sand or coral
3SpanishCayokey island
4Taínocayosmall island
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-Every word from Proto-Indo-European srew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European srowmos