Where does “stämma” come from?
stämma (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German stemmen, from Old Saxon *stemnian, from Proto-West Germanic *stabnijan, from Proto-Germanic *stabnijaną — to make oneself be heard.
stämma (Swedish): a voice; a pitch, a part; a meeting, an assembly
Definitions
- a voice; a pitch, a part; a meeting, an assembly
Ancestry of “stämma”, step by step
stämma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German stemmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | stemmen | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | *stemnian | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *stabnijan | to make oneself be heard |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *stabnijaną | to make oneself be heard |