Where does “wangstede” come from?

wangstede (Old English) comes from Old English stede, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

wangstede (Old English): a place in an open plain

Definitions

  1. a place in an open plain

Ancestry of “wangstede”, step by step

wangstede traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English stede

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstedeplace
2Proto-West Germanicstadiplace
3Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via Old English wang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwangplain, field, ground
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic stadiz →