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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.

stämma (Swedish): a voice; a pitch, a part; a meeting, an assembly

Definitions

  1. a voice; a pitch, a part; a meeting, an assembly

Ancestry of “stämma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstemmen—
2Old Saxon*stemnian—
3Proto-West Germanic*stabnijan—
4Proto-Germanic*stabnijaną—

Words derived from “stämma”

  • artbestämma
  • artbestämning
  • stentorsstämma
  • sockenstämma
  • övergångsbestämmelse
  • bestämmelse
  • bestämma
  • överensstämma
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