Where does “stum” come from?

stum (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish stumber, from Middle Low German stum, from German stumm, from Middle High German stum, from Old High German stum, from Proto-Germanic stummaz, from Proto-Indo-European stm̥Hnós, from Proto-Indo-European stemH- — to push, inhibit, stutter, stammer.

stum (Swedish): mute; unable to speak

Definitions

  1. mute; unable to speak

Ancestry of “stum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishstumbermute; unable to speak
2Middle Low Germanstum—
3Germanstummmute; dumb unable to speak
4Middle High Germanstum—
5Old High Germanstum—
6Proto-Germanicstummazmute
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstm̥Hnós—
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanstemH-to push, inhibit, stutter, stammer

Words derived from “stum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stemH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stm̥Hnós →Every word from Proto-Germanic stummaz →