Where does “tegenstaan” come from?

tegenstaan (Dutch) comes from Dutch tegen, from Middle Dutch tegen, from Middle Dutch te, from Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic ta, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

tegenstaan (Dutch): to resist, to oppose

Definitions

  1. to resist, to oppose

Ancestry of “tegenstaan”, step by step

tegenstaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch tegen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtegenagainst; to, towards
2Middle Dutchtegen—
3Middle Dutchteat, in; to, towards; at, during
4Old Dutchte—
5Proto-Germanictato
6Proto-Germanictōto
7Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

via Dutch staan

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-—

Words derived from “tegenstaan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →Every word from Proto-Germanic tō →Every word from Proto-Germanic ta →