Where does “stem” come from?

stem (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål stemme, from Low German stemmen.

stem (Norwegian Bokmål): imperative of stemme

Definitions

  1. imperative of stemme

Ancestry of “stem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålstemmea voice; a vote; to tune
2Low Germanstemmen—
Every word from Low German stemmen →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål stemme →