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Where does “Abstimmungsort” come from?

Abstimmungsort (German) comes from German Abstimmung, from German abstimmen, from German stimmen, from German stimme, from Middle High German stimme, from Old High German stimma, from Proto-Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic stebnō — mouth, muzzle.

Abstimmungsort (German): place or location, where one could or can vote;...

Definitions

  1. place or location, where one could or can vote;...

Ancestry of “Abstimmungsort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbstimmungvote; co-ordination, synchronising, agreement
2Germanabstimmento vote; sich abstimmen: to coordinate or...
3Germanstimmento be right, be true; to vote; to tune
4Germanstimmeinflection of stimmen: ## first-person singular...
5Middle High Germanstimme—
6Old High Germanstimma—
7Proto-Germanic*stebnu—
8Proto-Germanicstebnōvoice; sound
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstomen-mouth, muzzle
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