Where does “stund” come from?

stund (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic stundō, from Proto-Indo-European stut-, from Proto-Indo-European stā-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

stund (Old Norse): time; hour; an undetermined amount of time

Definitions

  1. time; hour; an undetermined amount of time

Ancestry of “stund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstundōmark, marker; point in time; period of time
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstut-prop
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstā-to stand, place
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “stund

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European stā-Every word from Proto-Indo-European stut-
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