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Where does “stomm” come from?

stomm (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German stum, from Proto-Germanic stummaz, from Proto-Indo-European stm̥Hnós, from Proto-Indo-European stemH- — to push, inhibit, stutter, stammer.

stomm (Luxembourgish): mute, dumb

Definitions

  1. mute, dumb

Ancestry of “stomm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstum—
2Proto-Germanicstummazmute
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstm̥Hnós—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanstemH-to push, inhibit, stutter, stammer

Words derived from “stomm”

  • dafstomm
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