Where does “Verstand” come from?

Verstand (German) comes from German verstehen, from Middle High German verstān, from Old High German firstān, from Proto-Germanic frastāną.

Verstand (German): intellect; accord, consensus; sense, particular...

Definitions

  1. intellect; accord, consensus; sense, particular...

Ancestry of “Verstand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverstehento understand, comprehend; to know, know how to,...
2Middle High Germanverstān—
3Old High Germanfirstān—
4Proto-Germanicfrastāną—

Words derived from “Verstand”

Every word from Proto-Germanic frastāną →Every word from Old High German firstān →Every word from Middle High German verstān →
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