Where does “stēn” come from?

stēn (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Ancestry of “stēn”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stēn”

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