Where does “Stammbaumtheorie” come from?
Stammbaumtheorie (German) comes from German Stammbaum, from German baum, from Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic baum, from Proto-Germanic baumaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Stammbaumtheorie (German): The tree model theory, a theory of the evolution of languages analogous to the concept of a family tree, with the assumption that each language has evolved from a single parent language, with languages that share a common ancestor belonging to the same language family
Definitions
- The tree model theory, a theory of the evolution of languages analogous to the concept of a family tree, with the assumption that each language has evolved from a single parent language, with languages that share a common ancestor belonging to the same language family
Ancestry of “Stammbaumtheorie”, step by step
Stammbaumtheorie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Stammbaum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stammbaum | family tree |
| 2 | German | baum | tree |
| 3 | Middle High German | boum | tree |
| 4 | Old High German | boum | tree, beam |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | baum | tree; beam |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | baumaz | Alternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
via German Theorie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Theorie | theory |