Where does “*stān” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*stān”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*stān”

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