Where does “morgenstond” come from?
morgenstond (Dutch) comes from Dutch stond, from Middle Dutch stonde, from Old Dutch stunda, from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic stundō, from Proto-Indo-European stut-, from Proto-Indo-European stā-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
morgenstond (Dutch): the break of day
Ancestry of “morgenstond”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | stond | time; point in time, moment; age, epoch; hour |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | stonde | first/third-person singular past subjunctive of... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | stunda | time, while |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *stundu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stundō | mark, marker; point in time; period of time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stut- | prop |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stā- | to stand, place |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |