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
- trunk of a tree; stem; tribe, clan
Ancestry of “stam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | stam | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | stam | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *stamni | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stamniz | stem, tree stalk |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
Words derived from “stam”