Where does “stanza” come from?

stanza (Middle Norwegian) comes from Old Norse standa, from Proto-Germanic standaną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stanza (Middle Norwegian): to stop

Definitions

  1. to stop

Ancestry of “stanza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestandato stand
2Proto-Germanicstandanąto stand
3Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stanza”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic standaną →Every word from Old Norse standa →
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