Where does “dafürstehen” come from?

dafürstehen (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-.

dafürstehen (German): to vouch (for something)

Definitions

  1. to vouch (for something)

Ancestry of “dafürstehen”, step by step

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-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →
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