Where does “stān” come from?

stān (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Ancestry of “stān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstānąto stand
2Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-

Words derived from “stān

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-Every word from Proto-Germanic stāną
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