Where does “Altersbestimmung” come from?
Altersbestimmung (German) comes from German Bestimmung, from German bestimmen, 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.
Altersbestimmung (German): dating
Ancestry of “Altersbestimmung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Bestimmung | determination; destination; appointment,... |
| 2 | German | bestimmen | to determine |
| 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 |