Where does “štom” come from?

štom (Upper Sorbian) comes from German Stamm, from Middle High German stam, from Old High German stam, from Proto-Germanic stamnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

štom (Upper Sorbian): tree

Definitions

  1. tree

Ancestry of “štom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStammtree trunk, main stem of a plant but never used of thin stalks or twigs
2Middle High Germanstam—
3Old High Germanstam—
4Proto-Germanicstamnaz—
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stamnaz →Every word from Old High German stam →