Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stebnō

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 forms

*stemnō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsteβ.nɔː/

Noun

*stebnō f

voice
sound

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *stebnō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stebnō	*stebnôz
vocative	*stebnō	*stebnôz
accusative	*stebnǭ	*stebnōz
genitive	*stebnōz	*stebnǫ̂
dative	*stebnōi	*stebnōmaz
instrumental	*stebnō	*stebnōmiz

Synonyms

Derived terms

*stebnōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *stebnu, *stemnu
- Old English: stefn
  - Middle English: steven
    - Scots: stevin, stewyn
    - English: steven, stevvon
- Old Frisian: stifne
  - West Frisian: stim
- Old Saxon: *stefna
  - Middle Low German: stēvene
- Old Dutch: stemma, stimna
  - Middle Dutch: stemme
    - Dutch: stem
    - Limburgish: stöm
- Old High German: stimna
  - Middle High German: stimme
    - German: Stimme
    - Luxembourgish: Stëmm
Old Norse: stefna f
- Icelandic: stefna f
- Faroese: stevna f
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stemne f, stemne f or n
- Norwegian Bokmål: stevne n
Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌱𐌽𐌰 (stibna)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480

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