Where does “stâen” come from?
stâen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch stān, from Proto-West Germanic stān, from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Ancestry of “stâen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | stān | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | stān | to stand |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stāną | to stand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
Words derived from “stâen”