Where does “steðja” come from?

steðja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

steðja (Old Norse): to stop; to fix, settle; to make firm

Definitions

  1. to stop; to fix, settle; to make firm

Ancestry of “steðja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
3Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “steðja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic stadiz →