Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frastān

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *fra- +‎ *stān (“to stand”).

Verb

*frastān

1. to understand
2. to observe

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Old Frisian: forstān
  • West Frisian: ferstean, forstean
• Old Saxon: stān
  • Middle Low German: vörstān, vorstān, vorestān
    • German Low German: vorstān
• Old Dutch: farstān
  • Middle Dutch: verstâen
    • Dutch: verstaan
      • Afrikaans: verstaan
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: frustan, furstan
      • Jersey Dutch: verstâne
      • Negerhollands: verstaan, fostó, fóstán, verstaen
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: forstan, forestan
      • → Sranan Tongo: ferstan, frustan (see there for further descendants)
• Old High German: firstān, firstēn
  • Middle High German: verstān, virstēn, vorstēn, ferstān, firstēn, forstēn
    • Bavarian: versteh
    • German: verstehen