Where does “stimme” come from?
stimme (German) comes 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.
stimme (German): inflection of stimmen:
## first-person singular...
Definitions
- inflection of stimmen:
## first-person singular...
Ancestry of “stimme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | stimme | — |
| 2 | Old High German | stimma | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *stebnu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stebnō | voice; sound |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | stomen- | mouth, muzzle |