Where does “Stimme” come from?

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

Stimme (German): voice; vote

Definitions

  1. voice; vote

Ancestry of “Stimme”, step by step

Stimme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German stimma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstimma—
2Proto-Germanic*stebnu—
3Proto-Germanicstebnōvoice; sound
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstomen-mouth, muzzle

via Old High German stimna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstimnavoice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stomen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stebnō →Every word from Proto-Germanic *stebnu →