Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “stóð” come from?

stóð (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic stōdą, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stóð (Old Norse): first/third-person singular past active...

Definitions

  1. first/third-person singular past active...

Ancestry of “stóð”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstōdąa herd of horses
2Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stóð”

  • sto
  • sto
  • stóð
  • stōþ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →