Where does “stimpill” come from?

stimpill (Icelandic) comes from Danish stempel, from Middle Low German stempel, from Middle Low German stampen, from Old Dutch stampon, from Proto-West Germanic stampōn, from Proto-Germanic stampōną, from Proto-Indo-European stemb‑ — to support, stomp, rant, amaze.

stimpill (Icelandic): stamp (device for stamping designs)

Definitions

  1. stamp (device for stamping designs)

Ancestry of “stimpill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishstempelpiston
2Middle Low Germanstempel—
3Middle Low Germanstampen—
4Old Dutchstamponto stomp
5Proto-West Germanicstampōn—
6Proto-Germanicstampōnąto compress, to squeeze; to stamp
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstemb‑to support, stomp, rant, amaze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stemb‑ →Every word from Proto-Germanic stampōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stampōn →