Where does “stōw” come from?

stōw (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *stōu, from Proto-Germanic *stōō, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂w-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

stōw (Old English): place, locality, site; place, location; a place,...

Definitions

  1. place, locality, site; place, location; a place,...

Ancestry of “stōw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*stōua place
2Proto-Germanic*stōōa place, location, site
3Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂w-to set, place
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “stōw”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂w- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *stōō →