Where does “Stimmvieh” come from?
Stimmvieh (German) comes from German stimmen, from German stimme, from Middle High German stimme, from Old High German stimma, from Proto-Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic stebnō, from Proto-Indo-European stomen- — mouth, muzzle.
Stimmvieh (German): uncritical and easily manipulated voters
Definitions
- uncritical and easily manipulated voters
Ancestry of “Stimmvieh”, step by step
Stimmvieh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German stimmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | stimmen | to be right, be true; to vote; to tune |
| 2 | German | stimme | inflection of stimmen: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | stimme | — |
| 4 | Old High German | stimma | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *stebnu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stebnō | voice; sound |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stomen- | mouth, muzzle |
via German Vieh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vieh | livestock; farm animals; Alternative form of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | vihe | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fihu | cattle |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fehu | livestock |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fehu | livestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | péḱu | livestock |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peḱ- | to pluck; livestock; wealth |