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stefn

stefn

Old English

Alternative forms

Noun

stefn f ‎(nominative plural stefna or stefne)

  1. voice
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *stamniz. Cognate with Old High German stam (German Stamm), Old Norse stafn.

Noun

stefn m ‎(nominative plural stefnas)

  1. stem
Descendants

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stebnō, *stamnijō ‎(“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *stomen- ‎(“mouth, muzzle”). Cognate with Old High German stimna (German Stimme and Danish and Norwegian stemme, Swedish stemma), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌱𐌽𐌰 ‎(stibna), Old Saxon stemna (Middle Low German stemne), Dutch stem. Possibly cognate with Albanian shtie ‎(“to shoot, strike, utter, give off”).

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