Where does “stam” come from?

stam (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch stam, from Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch stam, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic stamniz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stam (Afrikaans): tribe

Definitions

  1. tribe

Ancestry of “stam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstamtrunk of a tree; stem; tribe, clan
2Middle Dutchstam—
3Old Dutchstam—
4Proto-West Germanic*stamni—
5Proto-Germanicstamnizstem, tree stalk
6Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stam”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stamniz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stamni →