Where does “stah-” come from?

stah- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European stāk-, from Proto-Indo-European stā-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

Ancestry of “stah-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanstāk-stand, pole
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstā-to stand, place
3Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “stah-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stā- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stāk- →