Where does “staan” come from?

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

staan (Dutch): to stand, to be upright; to be, to be placed or...

Definitions

  1. to stand, to be upright; to be, to be placed or...

Ancestry of “staan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstâento stand
2Old DutchstānTo stand
3Proto-West Germanicstānto stand
4Proto-Germanicstānąto stand
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “staan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →