Where does “stumber” come from?

stumber (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German stum, from German stumm, from Middle High German stum, from Old High German stum, from Proto-Germanic stummaz, from Proto-Indo-European stm̥Hnós, from Proto-Indo-European stemH- — to push, inhibit, stutter, stammer.

stumber (Old Swedish): mute; unable to speak

Definitions

  1. mute; unable to speak

Ancestry of “stumber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstum—
2Germanstummmute; dumb unable to speak
3Middle High Germanstum—
4Old High Germanstum—
5Proto-Germanicstummazmute
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstm̥Hnós—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanstemH-to push, inhibit, stutter, stammer

Words derived from “stumber”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stemH- →