Where does “stān” come from?
stān (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
stān (Proto-West Germanic): to stand
Ancestry of “stān”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | stāną | to stand |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
Words derived from “stān”