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Where does “stewin” come from?

stewin (Middle English) comes from Old English stefn, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic stamniz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Ancestry of “stewin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstefnvoice; Alternative form of stemn
2Proto-West Germanic*stamni—
3Proto-Germanicstamnizstem, tree stalk
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stewin”

  • steven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →