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
- place or location, where one could or can vote;...
Ancestry of “Abstimmungsort”, step by step
Abstimmungsort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abstimmung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abstimmung | vote; co-ordination, synchronising, agreement |
| 2 | German | abstimmen | to vote; sich abstimmen: to coordinate or... |
| 3 | German | stimmen | to be right, be true; to vote; to tune |
| 4 | German | stimme | inflection of stimmen: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | Middle High German | stimme | — |
| 6 | Old High German | stimma | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *stebnu | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stebnō | voice; sound |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stomen- | mouth, muzzle |
via German ort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ort | place, location, point, position |
| 2 | Middle High German | ort | point , corner, end point, boundary, border,... |
| 3 | Old High German | ort | sharp point |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *oʀd | sharp point, spear-point, spear |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uzdaz | sharp point; place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wes- | to dress, clothe |