Where does “stehen” come from?

stehen (German) comes from Middle High German stān, from Old High German stān, from Proto-Germanic *stān, from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stehen (German): to stand; to be, to appear, to stand; to stay; to...

Definitions

  1. to stand; to be, to appear, to stand; to stay; to...

Ancestry of “stehen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstānto stand
2Old High Germanstānto stand
3Proto-Germanic*stān—
4Proto-Germanicstānąto stand
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stehen”

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