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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
The past stem derives from an innovated extended form of the root, Pre-Germanic perfect singular *stéh₂-t-, nonsingular *sth₂-t-´, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. The process that led to this extension is unknown, however.
The present stem is an n-infixed stem derived from the innovated past tense, Pre-Germanic *sth₂-n-t-´.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*standaną
- to stand
- Synonym: *stāną
Inflection
Present tense with n-infix. The past tense forms are shared with the synonymous suppletive verb *stāną.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*standan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 473