Stammbaumtheorie

== German == === Etymology === From Stammbaum +‎ Theorie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃtambaʊ̯mteoˌʁiː] Hyphenation: Stamm‧baum‧the‧o‧rie === Noun === Stammbaumtheorie f (genitive Stammbaumtheorie, no plural) (historical linguistics) The tree model theory, a theory of the evolution of languages analogous to the concept of a family tree, with the assumption that each language has evolved from a single parent language, with languages that share a common ancestor belonging to the same language family. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Stammbaumtheorie”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Stammbaumtheorie” in Duden online