Where does “überstimmen” come from?

überstimmen (German) comes from German stimmen, from German stimme, from Middle High German stimme, from Old High German stimma, from Proto-Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic stebnō, from Proto-Indo-European stomen- — mouth, muzzle.

überstimmen (German): to overrule

Definitions

  1. to overrule

Ancestry of “überstimmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstimmento be right, be true; to vote; to tune
2Germanstimmeinflection of stimmen: ## first-person singular...
3Middle High Germanstimme—
4Old High Germanstimma—
5Proto-Germanic*stebnu—
6Proto-Germanicstebnōvoice; sound
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstomen-mouth, muzzle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stomen- →