Where does “stimmen” come from?

stimmen (German) comes from German stimme, 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.

stimmen (German): to be right, be true; to vote; to tune

Definitions

  1. to be right, be true; to vote; to tune

Ancestry of “stimmen”, step by step

stimmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German stimme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstimmeinflection of stimmen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanstimme—
3Old High Germanstimma—
4Proto-Germanic*stebnu—
5Proto-Germanicstebnōvoice; sound
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstomen-mouth, muzzle

via Middle High German stimmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstimmen—
2Old High Germanstimmen—

Words derived from “stimmen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stomen- →