Where does “aizstāvēt” come from?

aizstāvēt (Latvian) comes from Latvian stāvēt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic stā-, from Proto-Indo-European stā-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

aizstāvēt (Latvian): to defend; to defend, to justify, to support

Definitions

  1. to defend; to defend, to justify, to support

Ancestry of “aizstāvēt”, step by step

aizstāvēt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian stāvēt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianstāvētto stand; to stand, to work, to be; to stop
2Proto-Balto-Slavicstā-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstā-to stand, place
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Latvian aiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianaizbehind; behind, under, into; on the other side...
2Latvianmirst3rd person singular present indicative form of...

Words derived from “aizstāvēt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stā- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic stā- →