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Where does “ofstandan” come from?

ofstandan (Old English) comes from Old English standan, from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic standaną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

ofstandan (Old English): to stop in place, remain, persist, continue; keep...

Definitions

  1. to stop in place, remain, persist, continue; keep...

Ancestry of “ofstandan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstandanto stand
2Proto-West Germanic*standan—
3Proto-Germanicstandanąto stand
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “ofstandan”

  • offstand
  • ofstonden
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