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Where does “stæmma” come from?

stæmma (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse stemma, from Proto-Germanic stammijaną — to cause to slow, stop.

stæmma (Old Swedish): to stop

Definitions

  1. to stop

Ancestry of “stæmma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestemmato stop, stem, dam; to halt, to dam; to press, to...
2Proto-Germanicstammijanąto cause to slow, stop
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