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Where does “stundmælum” come from?

stundmælum (Old English) comes from Old English stund, from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic stundō, from Proto-Indo-European stut-, from Proto-Indo-European stā-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

stundmælum (Old English): little by little, at intervals, gradually, at...

Definitions

  1. little by little, at intervals, gradually, at...

Ancestry of “stundmælum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstundtime, while; a period of time, an hour;...
2Proto-West Germanic*stundu—
3Proto-Germanicstundōmark, marker; point in time; period of time
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstut-prop
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstā-to stand, place
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand
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