Where does “Gegenstand” come from?

Gegenstand (German) comes from German Stand, from Old High German stand, from Proto-Germanic standaz.

Gegenstand (German): object, item, thing, article; in the technical...

Definitions

  1. object, item, thing, article; in the technical...

Ancestry of “Gegenstand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStandstanding, state, status, position, situation;...
2Old High Germanstandstand
3Proto-Germanicstandaz—

Words derived from “Gegenstand”

Every word from Proto-Germanic standaz →Every word from Old High German stand →Every word from German Stand →