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-.

stâen (Middle Dutch): to stand

Definitions

  1. to stand

Ancestry of “stâen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old DutchstānTo stand
2Proto-West Germanicstānto stand
3Proto-Germanicstānąto stand
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stâen”

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