Where does “stem” come from?

stem (Dutch) comes 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 (Dutch): voice, sound made by the mouth using airflow; the...

Definitions

  1. voice, sound made by the mouth using airflow; the...

Ancestry of “stem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstemme—
2Old Dutchstemmavoice
3Proto-West Germanic*stebnuvoice
4Proto-Germanicstebnōvoice; sound
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstomen-mouth, muzzle

Words derived from “stem”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stomen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stebnō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stebnu →