Where does “stân” come from?

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

Ancestry of “stân”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stân”

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