Where does “förstämning” come from?
förstämning (Swedish) comes from Swedish förstämma, from German verstimmen, from German stimmen, from German stimme, from Middle High German stimme, from Old High German stimma, from Proto-Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic stebnō — mouth, muzzle.
förstämning (Swedish): dejection
Definitions
- dejection
Ancestry of “förstämning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förstämma | muffle |
| 2 | German | verstimmen | to annoy |
| 3 | German | stimmen | to be right, be true; to vote; to tune |
| 4 | German | stimme | inflection of stimmen: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | Middle High German | stimme | — |
| 6 | Old High German | stimma | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *stebnu | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stebnō | voice; sound |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stomen- | mouth, muzzle |