Where does “ferstān” come from?

ferstān (Middle High German) comes from Old High German firstēn, from Proto-Germanic frastāną.

Ancestry of “ferstān”, step by step

ferstān traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German firstēn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfirstēn—
2Proto-Germanicfrastāną—

via Old High German firstān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfirstān—

Words derived from “ferstān”

Every word from Proto-Germanic frastāną →Every word from Old High German firstēn →