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Where does “Entstehung” come from?

Entstehung (German) comes from German entstehen, from German stehen, from Middle High German stān, from Old High German stān, from Proto-Germanic *stān, from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Entstehung (German): creation; origin; development

Definitions

  1. creation; origin; development

Ancestry of “Entstehung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanentstehento come into being; to arise; to develop
2Germanstehento stand; to be, to appear, to stand; to stay; to...
3Middle High Germanstān—
4Old High Germanstān—
5Proto-Germanic*stān—
6Proto-Germanicstānąto stand
7Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “Entstehung”

  • Entstehungszeit
  • Krebsentstehung
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