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Where does “stom(m)n-” come from?
stom(m)n- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European stem-, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Ancestry of “stom(m)n-”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-European
stem-
to push; to stutter; mouth, muzzle
2
Proto-Indo-European
*steh₂-
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Words derived from “stom(m)n-”
stamnijō
stemme
stimme
stemne
stemme
stemme
stim
stemme
stemt
stemma
stemning
stem
stemmerett
brevstemme
kvinnestemme
stemmegaffel
stemmejern
stemming
stimme
ustemt
julestemning
bestimme
bestimming
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →
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