Where does “proteststem” come from?

proteststem (Dutch) 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.

proteststem (Dutch): protest vote

Definitions

  1. protest vote

Ancestry of “proteststem”, step by step

proteststem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch stem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstemvoice, sound made by the mouth using airflow; the...
2Middle Dutchstemme—
3Old Dutchstemmavoice
4Proto-West Germanic*stebnuvoice
5Proto-Germanicstebnōvoice; sound
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstomen-mouth, muzzle

via Dutch protest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchprotestprotest occasion to express dissatisfaction
2Middle Frenchprotest—
3Old Frenchprotest—
4Latinprōtestō—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stomen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stebnō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stebnu →