Where does “-стан” come from?

-стан (Kyrgyz) comes from Persian ـِسْتَانْ, from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴, from Proto-Iranian stā́nam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian stʰáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

-стан (Kyrgyz): Suffix to form country names when added to names...

Definitions

  1. Suffix to form country names when added to names...

Ancestry of “-стан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـِسْتَانْplace of
2Old Persian𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴place
3Proto-Iranianstā́nam—
4Proto-Indo-IranianstʰáHnam—
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “-стан”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian stʰáHnam →Every word from Proto-Iranian stā́nam →