Where does “Volksabstimmung” come from?
Volksabstimmung (German) comes from German Abstimmung, from German abstimmen, 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.
Volksabstimmung (German): referendum
Ancestry of “Volksabstimmung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Abstimmung | vote; co-ordination, synchronising, agreement |
| 2 | German | abstimmen | to vote; sich abstimmen: to coordinate or... |
| 3 | German | stimmen | to be right, be true; to vote; to tune |
| 4 | German | stimme | inflection of stimmen:
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| 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 |