Where does “Stimmvolk” come from?
Stimmvolk (German) comes 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.
Stimmvolk (German): the electorate, the body of voters the collective of citizens entitled to vote, especially in the context of a referendum or direct democracy
Definitions
- the electorate, the body of voters the collective of citizens entitled to vote, especially in the context of a referendum or direct democracy
Ancestry of “Stimmvolk”, step by step
Stimmvolk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German stimme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | stimme | inflection of stimmen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | stimme | — |
| 3 | Old High German | stimma | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *stebnu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stebnō | voice; sound |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stomen- | mouth, muzzle |
via German volk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 2 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 3 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |