Etymology
1. O.E.
standan (class VI strong verb; past tense
stod, pp.
standen), from P.Gmc.
*sta-n-d- (cf. O.N.
standa, O.S., Goth.
standan, O.H.G.
stantan, Swed.
stå, Du.
staan, Ger.
stehen), from PIE base
*sta- "to stand" (cf. Skt.
tisthati "stands," Gk.
histemi "cause to stand, set, place," L.
stare "stand," Lith.
stojus, O.C.S.
stajati; see stet). Sense of "to exist, be present" is attested from c.1300. Meaning "to pay for as a treat" is from 1821. Phrase
stands to reason (1620) is from earlier
stands (is constant)
with reason. Phrase
stand pat is originally from poker (1882).
standing ovation first attested 1969;
standing army is from 1603.
2. From Middle English stonden, standen (verb) and stand, stond (noun, from the verb), from Old English standan (“to stand, occupy a place”), from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), from Pre-Germanic *sth₂-n-t-´, an innovative extended n-infixed form of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Scots staund (“to stand”), Yola sthoan, sthoane, sthone, stoane (“to stand”), North Frisian staan, stoune, stuine, stun, stönje, stööne (“to stand”), Saterland Frisian stounde (“to stand”), Danish stande (“to stand”), Faroese and Icelandic standa (“to stand”), Norwegian Nynorsk standa, stå (“to stand”), Swedish stånda (“to stand”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (standan, “to stand”). From the related Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): West Frisian stean (“to stand”), Alemannic German staa (“to stand”), Central Franconian stiehn, stohn, stonn (“to stand”), Cimbrian stean (“to stand”), Dutch staan (“to stand”), German stehen (“to stand”), Low German stahn, staon (“to stand”), Luxembourgish stoen (“to stand”), Vilamovian śtejn (“to stand”), Yiddish שטיין (shteyn, “to stand”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish stå (“to stand”), Faroese stá (“to stand”). Also from *steh₂-: Breton and Cornish sevel (“to stand”), Welsh sefyll (“to stand”), Latin stō (“to stand”), Greek σταυρός (stavrós, “cross”), Albanian shtyllë (“pillar; column”), Latvian stāvēt (“to stand”), Lithuanian stóti, stovėti (“to stand”), Belarusian стая́ць (stajácʹ, “to stand”), Bulgarian стоя́ (stojá, “to stand, stay”), Czech stát (“to stand”), Macedonian стои (stoi, “to stand”), Polish stać, stojeć (“to stand”), Russian стоя́ть (stojátʹ, “to stand”), Serbo-Croatian ста̏јати, stȁjati (“to stand”), Slovak stáť (“to stand”), Slovene státi (“to stand”), Ukrainian стоя́ти (stojáty, “to stand”), Armenian ստվար (stvar, “large, thick; dense”), Ossetian стын (styn, “to stand up”), Northern Kurdish rawestîn (“to stand”), Persian ایستادن (istâdan), وایسادن (vâysâdan), وایستادن (vâystâdan, “to stand up”), Tocharian A ṣtäm- (“to stand”), Tocharian B stäm- (“to stand”), Sanskrit स्था (sthā, “to stand”). See: Middle English '
stonden', Old English '
standan', Proto-Germanic '
*standaną', Scots '
staund', Frisian, Saterlandic 'stounde', Danish '
stande', Norwegian, nynorsk '
standa', Swedish '
stånda', Proto-Germanic '
*stāną', Alemannic German '
staa', Cimbrian 'stean', Dutch '
staan', German, old spelling '
stehen', Luxembourgish '
stoen', Wymysorys '
śtejn', Welsh '
sefyll', Latin '
stō', Belarusan '
стая́ць', Czech '
stát', Macedonian '
стои', Polish '
stać', Russian '
стоя́ть', Slovak '
stáť', Ukrainian '
стоя́ти', Dari '
ایستادن', Sanskrit '
स्था'.
Verbs referencing "stand"
Spanish
estar, Sranan
tan, English
state, English
station, Latin
sto, German, old spelling
stehen, Icelandic
standa, Danish
stå, Norwegian
stå, Norwegian, nynorsk
stå, Swedish
stå, Sanskrit
तिष्ठति, Frisian, Saterlandic stounde, Danish
stande, Norwegian
stande, Ido standar.