Where does “staan op” come from?

staan op (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch staan, from Middle Dutch stâen, from Old Dutch stān, from Proto-West Germanic stān, from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

staan op (Afrikaans): stand up

Definitions

  1. stand up

Ancestry of “staan op”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstaanto stand, to be upright; to be, to be placed or...
2Middle Dutchstâento stand
3Old DutchstānTo stand
4Proto-West Germanicstānto stand
5Proto-Germanicstānąto stand
6Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →