Where does “doomscrollen” come from?
doomscrollen (German) comes from English doomscroll, from English doomscrolling, from English Doom, from Middle English doom, from Old English dōm, from Proto-Germanic dōmi, from Proto-Germanic dōną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t — to do, put, place.
doomscrollen (German): to doomscroll
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Ancestry of “doomscrollen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doomscroll | To continually read Internet news about catastrophic events |
| 2 | English | doomscrolling | The practice of continually reading Internet news about catastrophic events |
| 3 | English | Doom | A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the progenitor of the genre |
| 4 | Middle English | doom | a judgement, (legal) decision or sentence |
| 5 | Old English | dōm | might, power, glory; judgement; doom, judgment,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dōmi | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | dōną | to do, make; to put, place |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéh₁t | to put, to place; to do |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |