Where does “stam” come from?
stam (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch stam, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic stamniz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Ancestry of “stam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | stam | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *stamni | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stamniz | stem, tree stalk |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
Words derived from “stam”