Words that come from Proto-Germanic *stān

228 words across 19 languages descend from Proto-Germanic *stān — including missförstå, förstå, förståelse, tandpasta, påstå, stå, ståsted, forstå.

See the etymology of *stān itself →

German (119)

Swedish (48)

Danish (31)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Luxembourgish (4)

East Central German (3)

Central Franconian (2)

Low German (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Old Saxon (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Old Danish (1)

Middle High German (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Norse (1)

Swahili (1)

Yiddish (1)