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Where does “stempne” come from?

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

Ancestry of “stempne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stempne”

  • stem
  • stemming
  • mainstem
  • bluestem
  • stemless
  • stemware
  • stemflow
  • pipestem
  • stemmer
  • pseudostem
  • stemplot
  • stempost
  • stemmy
  • stemlike
  • stemborer
  • stemwinder
  • stembark
  • stemhead
  • nonstem
  • bestem
  • multistem
  • restem
  • unstemmable
  • stemlet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stomen- →