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Where does “bevorstehen” come from?

bevorstehen (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-.

bevorstehen (German): To be imminent; To approach; To impend

Definitions

  1. To be imminent; To approach; To impend

Ancestry of “bevorstehen”, step by step

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