Where does “selbstbestimmt” come from?
selbstbestimmt (German) comes from German bestimmt, from German bestimmen, 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.
selbstbestimmt (German): self-determined
Ancestry of “selbstbestimmt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | bestimmt | certain; determined; definite |
| 2 | German | bestimmen | to determine |
| 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 |