Where does “stān” come from?

stān (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic *stān, from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stān (Old Saxon): To stand

Definitions

  1. To stand

Ancestry of “stān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*stān—
2Proto-Germanicstānąto stand
3Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stān”

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