Where does “stansa” come from?

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

stansa (Norwegian Bokmål): inflection of stanse: ## simple past ## past...

Definitions

  1. inflection of stanse: ## simple past ## past...

Ancestry of “stansa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålstanseto stop, halt
2Middle Norwegianstanzato stop
3Old Norsestandato stand
4Proto-Germanicstandanąto stand
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic standaną →Every word from Old Norse standa →