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
Ancestry of “Schtimm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | stimma | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *stebnu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stebnō | voice; sound |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | stomen- | mouth, muzzle |