Where does “stem” come from?

stem (Middle English) comes from Old English stemn, from Proto-Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic stebnō, from Proto-Indo-European stomen- — mouth, muzzle.

Ancestry of “stem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstemnstem; Alternative form of stefn
2Proto-Germanic*stebnu—
3Proto-Germanicstebnōvoice; sound
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstomen-mouth, muzzle

Words derived from “stem”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stomen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stebnō →Every word from Proto-Germanic *stebnu →