Where does “many-stemmed” come from?

many-stemmed (English) comes from English many, from Middle English many, from Old English maniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic managaz, from Proto-Indo-European menegʰ- — many, sufficient.

many-stemmed (English): Composed of many stems

Definitions

  1. Composed of many stems

Ancestry of “many-stemmed”, step by step

many-stemmed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English many

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmanyAn indefinite large number of; Used to indicate,...
2Middle Englishmany
3Old Englishmaniġmany, much
4Proto-West Germanic*managmany
5Proto-Germanicmanagazmany; much
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmenegʰ-many, sufficient

via English stemmed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstemmedHaving a stem; simple past tense and past...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European menegʰ-