Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stamnijō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

*stebnō

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *stom(m)n-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *stemn- (“mouth, muzzle”).^[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth, muzzle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɑm.ni.jɔː/

Noun

*stamnijō f

voice
sound

Inflection

Declension of *stamnijō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stamnijō	*stamnijôz
vocative	*stamnijō	*stamnijôz
accusative	*stamnijǭ	*stamnijōz
genitive	*stamnijōz	*stamnijǫ̂
dative	*stamnijōi	*stamnijōmaz
instrumental	*stamnijō	*stamnijōmiz

Synonyms

Derived terms

*stimnōną

Descendants

Old English: stemn
- Middle English: stemne, stempne
  - English: stempne (obsolete, dialectal)
Old Frisian: stemme
- North Frisian: stemm
- West Frisian: stim
Old Saxon: stemna
- Middle Low German: stemne, stempne, stemme
  - German Low German: Stemme, Stimme, Stemm, Stimm
  - Plautdietsch: Stemm
  - → Icelandic: stemna
  - → Norwegian: stemme
  - → Swedish: stämma
  - → Danish: stemme
Old Dutch: *stemma
- Middle Dutch: stemme
  - Dutch: stem
    - Afrikaans: stem
Old High German: stemma, stemna

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*stimnō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480: “*stamnjō-”

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*stimnō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480: “*stamnjō-”

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