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Where does “*standan” come from?
*standan (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic standaną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Ancestry of “*standan”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
standaną
to stand
2
Proto-Indo-European
*steh₂-
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Words derived from “*standan”
stand
standpoint
withstand
Hogarth
standstill
bystander
nightstand
inkstand
grandstand
washstand
newsstand
bandstand
standest
standpipe
grandstanding
stander
lampstand
handstand
highstand
kickstand
headstand
Hogarthian
bookstand
cabstand
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