Where does “streaminess” come from?
streaminess (English) comes from English streamy, 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 — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
streaminess (English): The quality or state of being streamy
Definitions
- The quality or state of being streamy
Ancestry of “streaminess”, step by step
streaminess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English streamy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | streamy | Resembling a stream; streamlike; Full of streams |
| 2 | English | stream | A small river; a large creek; a body of moving... |
| 3 | Middle English | streem | Alternative form of strem |
| 4 | Middle English | strem | A waterbody; a region of the world containing... |
| 5 | Old English | strēam | current; stream |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | straum | stream |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |