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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanstem-to push; to stutter; mouth, muzzle
2Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stom(m)n-”

  • steam
  • stem
  • steamer
  • steaming
  • stemming
  • steamboat
  • steamship
  • steamy
  • mainstem
  • steamroller
  • bluestem
  • steamboating
  • stemless
  • stemware
  • stemflow
  • steven
  • pipestem
  • steamroll
  • stemmer
  • pseudostem
  • steamboatman
  • stemplot
  • steampipe
  • stempost
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