Where does “Türsteher” come from?

Türsteher (German) comes 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-.

Türsteher (German): doorman, bouncer

Definitions

  1. doorman, bouncer

Ancestry of “Türsteher”, step by step

Türsteher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German stehen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstehento stand; to be, to appear, to stand; to stay; to...
2Middle High Germanstānto stand
3Old High Germanstānto stand
4Proto-Germanic*stān—
5Proto-Germanicstānąto stand
6Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via German tür

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantürdoor rigid plane on a hinge
2Old High Germanturidoor
3Proto-West Germanic*durdoor, hatch, flap
4Proto-Germanic*durz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwṓrdoor
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwer-door

Words derived from “Türsteher”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stāną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *stān →