Where does “ـستان” come from?

ـستان (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian ـستان, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Proto-Indo-Iranian stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂-no-m, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

ـستان (Ottoman Turkish): stan

Definitions

  1. stan

Ancestry of “ـستان”, step by step

ـستان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـستان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـستان-istan, -estan, -stan
2Middle Persian-stʾn'makes nouns of places; of indeterminate function
3Proto-Indo-IranianstáHnamthe act of standing; position, location, place
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂-no-m—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Classical Persian ـِسْتَان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianـِسْتَان—

Words derived from “ـستان”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂-no-m →Every word from Middle Persian -stʾn' →