Where does “draufstehen” come from?

draufstehen (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-.

draufstehen (German): to stand on

Definitions

  1. to stand on

Ancestry of “draufstehen”, step by step

draufstehen 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 drauf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandraufafter; on top of
2Germandaraufafter; on top of that; on it
3Middle High Germandar uf—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →