Where does “unstreamable” come from?
unstreamable (English) comes from English streamable, 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.
unstreamable (English): Not streamable; impossible to stream
Definitions
- Not streamable; impossible to stream
Ancestry of “unstreamable”, step by step
unstreamable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English streamable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | streamable | Able to be streamed |
| 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |