Where does “stemme” come from?

stemme (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch stemma, from Proto-West Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic stebnō, from Proto-Indo-European stomen- — mouth, muzzle.

Ancestry of “stemme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchstemmavoice
2Proto-West Germanic*stebnuvoice
3Proto-Germanicstebnōvoice; sound
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstomen-mouth, muzzle

Words derived from “stemme

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stomen-