stammer
English
/ˈstæmə/, /ˈstæmɚ/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
- (transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English stamerian inherited from Proto-Germanic *stamrōną (stammer).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*stamrōną
Gloss
stammer
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stammerer English
- stammerest English
- stammereth English
- stammery English
- stammeln German
- stemmen German
- *stammijaną Proto-Germanic
- *stamrōną Proto-Germanic
- stamerian Old English
- stemma Old Norse
- stemma Icelandic
- stamelen Middle High German