Where does “stān” come from?

stān (Middle High German) comes from Old High German stān, from Proto-Germanic *stān, from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stān (Middle High German): to stand

Definitions

  1. to stand

Ancestry of “stān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstānto stand
2Proto-Germanic*stān—
3Proto-Germanicstānąto stand
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stān”

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