Where does “stöhnen” come from?

stöhnen (German) comes from Middle High German stenen, from Middle Low German stenen, from Old Saxon stenan, from Proto-Germanic stenaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tona-.

stöhnen (German): to moan, to groan

Definitions

  1. to moan, to groan

Ancestry of “stöhnen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstenen—
2Middle Low Germanstenen—
3Old Saxonstenan—
4Proto-Germanicstenanąto sigh, to groan
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tona-—

Words derived from “stöhnen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tona- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stenaną →Every word from Old Saxon stenan →