Where does “stood” come from?

stood (Middle English) comes from Old English stōd, from Proto-Germanic stōdą, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Ancestry of “stood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstōdenclosure for horses
2Proto-Germanicstōdąa herd of horses
3Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stood”

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