Where does “vorstān” come from?
vorstān (Middle Low German) comes from Middle Low German stân, from Old Saxon stān, from Proto-Germanic *stān, from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
vorstān (Middle Low German): to understand
Definitions
- to understand
Ancestry of “vorstān”, step by step
vorstān traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German stân
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | stân | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | stān | To stand |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *stān | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stāną | to stand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via Old Saxon farstandan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | farstandan | to understand |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | frastandaną | to oppose; to understand |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | far- | through, completely, fully; for- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pr- | before, formerly; through, throughout; forward,... |