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Where does “stānja” come from?

stānja (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European stnéh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

Ancestry of “stānja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanstnéh₂tito place, to stand
2Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “stānja”

  • shtoj
  • shtuar
  • shtuara
  • dështoj
  • dështim
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