Where does “Schtimm” come from?

Schtimm (Pennsylvania German) comes from Old High German stimma, from Proto-Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic stebnō, from Proto-Indo-European stomen- — mouth, muzzle.

Schtimm (Pennsylvania German): voice; vote

Definitions

  1. voice; vote

Ancestry of “Schtimm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstimma—
2Proto-Germanic*stebnu—
3Proto-Germanicstebnōvoice; sound
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstomen-mouth, muzzle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stomen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stebnō →Every word from Proto-Germanic *stebnu →