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
- place, locality, site; place, location; a place,...
Ancestry of “stōw”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *stōu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *stōō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂w- | to set, place |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
Words derived from “stōw”