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
Ancestry of “štom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Stamm | trunk , stem; tribe; stem |
| 2 | Middle High German | stam | — |
| 3 | Old High German | stam | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stamnaz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |