Where does “standan” come from?

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

standan (Old English): to stand

Definitions

  1. to stand

Ancestry of “standan”, step by step

standan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *standan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*standanto stand
2Proto-Germanicstandanąto stand
3Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via Proto-Germanic *standan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*standan—

Words derived from “standan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic standaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *standan →