Where does “stān” come from?

stān (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic stān, from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stān (Old Dutch): To stand

Definitions

  1. To stand

Ancestry of “stān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicstānto stand
2Proto-Germanicstānąto stand
3Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stān”

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