Where does “stāvēt” come from?

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

stāvēt (Latvian): to stand; to stand, to work, to be; to stop

Definitions

  1. to stand; to stand, to work, to be; to stop

Ancestry of “stāvēt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicstā-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstā-to stand, place
3Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “stāvēt”

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