Where does “ontstaen” come from?

ontstaen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch antstān, from Old Dutch stān, from Proto-West Germanic stān, from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Ancestry of “ontstaen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchantstānto begin, to come
2Old DutchstānTo stand
3Proto-West Germanicstānto stand
4Proto-Germanicstānąto stand
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “ontstaen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stān →
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