Where does “stem” come from?
stem (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch stem, from Middle Dutch stemme, from Old Dutch stemma, from Proto-West Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic stebnō, from Proto-Indo-European stomen- — mouth, muzzle.
stem (Afrikaans): vote; voice; to vote
Ancestry of “stem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | stem | voice, sound made by the mouth using airflow; the... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | stemme | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | stemma | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *stebnu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stebnō | voice; sound |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stomen- | mouth, muzzle |
Words derived from “stem”