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to stand

Source:*stojatiProto-Slaviccertain

Polish and Czech contracted *stojati to stać, stát (but stoję, stojím 'I stand').

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English

to stand

Polish

stać

statɕ

Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

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Russian
стоя́тьstojatʹ
stɐˈjatʲinherited
Ukrainian
стоя́тиstojaty
stɔˈjatɪinherited
Polish
stać
statɕinherited
Czech
stát
staːtinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
stajatiстајати
ˈstajatiinherited
Present stojim 'I stand'.
English
to stand
Distant English relative: stand — Stand and *stojati share the Indo-European root *steh₂- (Latin stare).