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
Definitions
- self-determined
Ancestry of “selbstbestimmt”, step by step
selbstbestimmt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German bestimmt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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: ## 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 |