Where does “stá” come from?

stá (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Ancestry of “stá”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stá”

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