Where does “статный” come from?
статный (Russian) comes from Russian ста́ть, from Old East Slavic стати, from Proto-Slavic stati, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
статный (Russian): stately
Ancestry of “статный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | ста́ть | — |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | стати | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | stati | to stand; to become |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |