Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/staumaz

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

Etymology

From earlier *staubmaz (with loss of the *b triggered by preceding an *m in a heavy syllable), from *staubaz (“dust”), related to *steubaną (“to fly about, fume”). The quasi-Proto-Indo-European reconstruction is *stowbʰ-mo-s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑu̯.mɑz/

Noun

*staumaz m

1. steam, vapour

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *staumaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*staumaz	*staumōz, *staumōs
vocative	*staum	*staumōz, *staumōs
accusative	*staumą	*staumanz
genitive	*staumas, *staumis	*staumǫ̂
dative	*staumai	*staumamaz
instrumental	*staumō	*staumamiz

Related terms

• *steubaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *staum
  • Old English: stēam
    • Middle English: stēm, steem
      • Scots: stem, steam
      • English: steam
  • Old Frisian: *stām
    • Saterland Frisian: Stoom
    • West Frisian: steam
  • Old Saxon: *stōm
    • Middle Low German: stôm
      • German Low German: Stoom
      • Low German: stom
  • Old Dutch: *stōm
    • Middle Dutch: *stôom
      • Dutch: stoom
        • Afrikaans: stoom
        • → Indonesian: setom, setum
        • → Papiamentu: stoom (dated)
        • → West Frisian: stoom
      • Limburgish: stoum
• (Old Norse: *staumr; *stauma, *steyma (verb))
  • Norwegian: stamma (verb), stamba (verb) (dialectal)
  • Swedish: stimma (noun & verb), stimba (noun & verb) (dialectal)
  • → Scots: stim (noun)