Where does “Umstimmungsversuch” come from?
Umstimmungsversuch (German) comes from German Umstimmung, from German umstimmen, 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.
Umstimmungsversuch (German): attempt at persuading someone
Definitions
- attempt at persuading someone
Ancestry of “Umstimmungsversuch”, step by step
Umstimmungsversuch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Umstimmung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Umstimmung | retuning |
| 2 | German | umstimmen | to retune |
| 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 |
via German Versuch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Versuch | attempt; experiment; test, trial; try |