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Where does “*stamni” come from?
*stamni (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic stamniz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Ancestry of “*stamni”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
stamniz
stem, tree stalk
2
Proto-Indo-European
*steh₂-
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Words derived from “*stamni”
stem
Steven
stemming
mainstem
bluestem
stemless
stemware
stemflow
steven
pipestem
stemmer
pseudostem
stemness
stemplot
stempost
stemmy
stemlike
stemwinder
stemborer
stembark
stemhead
nonstem
bestem
multistem
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