Where does “streamwork” come from?

streamwork (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.

streamwork (English): A place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is...

Definitions

  1. A place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is...

Ancestry of “streamwork”, step by step

streamwork 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 work

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwork"Employment."; "Effort."; Sustained effort to...
2Middle Englishwerkwork
3Old Englishweorcwork, in various senses, including
4Proto-West Germanicwerkwork
5Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-Every word from Proto-Indo-European srew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European srowmos