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- stem-English meaning: to push; to stumble, stutterDeutsche Übersetzung: ‘stoßen, anstoßen; stottern, stammeln; hemmen”Note: only Gmc. and Celt.Material: O.H.G. gistemōn, gistemēn , M.H.G. stemen “Einhalt tun”, O.H.G. ungistuomi “ boisterous “ (*sich nicht beherrschend”), M.H.G. gestũeme “gentle, still”; Goth. stamms ‘stammelnd”, O.Ice. stamr ds. “behindert, stolen; looted “, O.E. stam, O.H.G. stamm ‘stammelnd”, O.Ice. stama, O.H.G. stamēn ‘stammeln”, O.E. stamor ‘stammelnd”, O.H.G. stam(m)al ds., stamalōn ‘stammeln”; O.Ice. stemma (*stammjan) ‘stemmen, dämmen, hinder”, E.Fris. stemmen ds., M.H.G. stemmen ‘stand make, stiff make; Intr. (of water) gestaut become”; zero grade O.Ice. stumra ‘stumble” (Nor. also stamra), M.Eng. stumren, stum(b)len, E.Fris. stummeln ds.; O.S. O.Fris. O.H.G. stum(m) “ dumb “; Ltv. stuomîtiês ‘stammeln, stumble, stand bleiben, sich bäumen, zaudern” (*stōm), stumt “bump, poke”, Lith. stumiù, stúmiau, stùmti “bump, poke, schieben”, Ltv. stuostīt (*stamstīti) “bump, poke”; Refl. ‘stottern”.References: WP. II 625 f., Wissmann KZ 62, 141 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.