Where does “stand” come from?

stand (Middle English) comes from Old English standan, from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic standaną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Ancestry of “stand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstandanto stand
2Proto-West Germanic*standanto stand
3Proto-Germanicstandanąto stand
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stand”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →