An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/stemmen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry stemmen.

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2630221An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — stemmenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

stemmen, verb, ‘to stem, check, oppose,’ from Middle High German and Old High German stęmmen (stęmen), ‘to check, restrain, cause to stand.’ For the root stam, see under stammeln, stumm, ungestüm.