Where does “stam” come from?

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

stam (Dutch): trunk of a tree; stem; tribe, clan

Definitions

  1. trunk of a tree; stem; tribe, clan

Ancestry of “stam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstam—
2Old Dutchstam—
3Proto-West Germanic*stamni—
4Proto-Germanicstamnizstem, tree stalk
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stam”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →