Where does “штам” come from?

штам (Kazakh) comes from Russian штамм, from German Stamm, from Middle High German stam, from Old High German stam, from Proto-Germanic stamnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

штам (Kazakh): strain

Definitions

  1. strain

Ancestry of “штам”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianштаммstrain
2GermanStammtree trunk, main stem of a plant but never used of thin stalks or twigs
3Middle High Germanstam—
4Old High Germanstam—
5Proto-Germanicstamnaz—
6Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stamnaz →Every word from Old High German stam →