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Where does “stondinde” come from?

stondinde (Middle English) comes from Old English standende, from Proto-Germanic standandz, from Proto-Germanic standaną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Ancestry of “stondinde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstandende—
2Proto-Germanicstandandzstanding
3Proto-Germanicstandanąto stand
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stondinde”

  • standing
  • freestanding
  • upstanding
  • selfstanding
  • upstandingness
  • watchstanding
  • nonstanding
  • unstanding
  • offstanding
  • nonfreestanding
  • fullstanding
  • standing
  • standing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →