Where does “upstreaming” come from?
upstreaming (English) comes from English upstream, 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.
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Ancestry of “upstreaming”, step by step
upstreaming traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English upstream
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | upstream | in a direction against the flow of a current or... |
| 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 ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |