Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To remove the stem from. · To be caused or derived; to originate. · To descend in a family line. · To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. · A branch of a family. · A branch, or group of branches, located outside a family or other cladistic group, but which is more closely related to that group than to any other taxon of the same rank. · An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *sth₂mnís Proto-Germanic *stamniz Proto-West Germanic *stamni Old English stemn Middle English stemme English stem From Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn (“stem”), from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz (“stem, tree stalk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch stam (“stem”), German Stamm (“stem”), Danish and Norwegian stamme (“stem”), Danish stavn, stævn (“stem of a boat”), Faroese stavnur (“stem of a boat”), stovnur (“institution, public body, foundation, basis”), Icelandic stafn (“stem of a boat”), stofn (“trunk, stock, livestock, stem”), Norn stomna, stimna (“strength, ability”), Swedish stäm (“tree trunk, stem”), stäv (“stem of a boat”), stomme (“frame, structure”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌼𐌰 (stōma, “substantial grounds, just cause”), Asturian estame (“stamen”), Aragonese estambre (“stamen”), Catalan estam (“stamen”), French étaim (“yarn”), Galician estame (“stamen, yarn”), Italian stame (“stamen”), Portuguese estame (“stem, yarn”), Spanish Spanish estambre (“stamen, a type of yarn”), Latin stāmen (“warp of a loom, thread hanging from a distaff”), Ancient Greek στῆμα (stêma, “stamen of a flower”), στάμνος (stámnos, “earthen jar, bottle for racking off wine”), Albanian shtamë (“pot, jar, pitcher, jug”), Sanskrit स्थामन् (sthā́man, “place, strength”). Doublet of stamen. Not related to English stoma, which is a Greek loan inherited through New Latin.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionstemenm
- Inherited-form mentionstemnang
- Inherited-form mention*stamnigmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*stamnizgem-pro
- Derivation mention*steh₂-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionstamnl
- Cognate mentionStammde
- Cognate mentionstammeno
- Cognate mentionstavnda
- Cognate mentionstavnurfo
- Cognate mentionstafnis
- Cognate mentionstomnanrn
- Cognate mentionstämsv
- Cognate mention𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌼𐌰got
- Cognate mentionestameast
- Cognate mentionestambrean
- Cognate mentionestamca
- Cognate mentionétaimfr
- Cognate mentionestamegl
- Cognate mentionstameit
- Cognate mentionestamept
- Cognate mentionestambrees
- Cognate mentionstāmenla
- Cognate mentionστῆμαgrc
- Cognate mentionshtamësq
- Cognate mentionस्थामन्sa
- Non-cognate comparisonstomaen
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"To remove the stem from.",
"To be caused or derived; to originate.",
"To descend in a family line.",
"To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against."
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