shtam/ʃtäm/EtymologyBorrowed from Yiddish שטאַמען (shtamen, “to stem (from), to come (from), to originate (from)”). Doublet of stem.shtam means to stem, to originate, to come from Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.verbto stem, to originate, to come from“his family shtams from a famous Poylisher hoyf”