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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: who understands... #34422 07/02/01 02:10 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 English and German both have other words with '-stand' / '-stehen', e.g. 'withstand' … The with in withstand is, of course, a remnant of the old meaning of with meaning against, the original word for indicating combination, accompaniment, presence, or addition * was mid. *From Merriam-Webster On-line (http://www.m-w.com/) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted who understands... Alex Williams 07/01/01 10:43 AM Re: who understands... wwh 07/01/01 02:40 PM Re: who understands... WhitmanO'Neill 07/01/01 08:40 PM Re: who understands... AnnaStrophic 07/01/01 08:48 PM Re: who understands... tsuwm 07/02/01 02:46 AM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/01 12:16 PM Re: who understands... belligerentyouth 07/02/01 02:00 PM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/01 02:10 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/01 02:34 PM Re: who understands... tsuwm 07/02/01 04:47 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/01 05:11 PM Re: who understands... tsuwm 07/02/01 05:28 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/01 05:41 PM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/01 06:36 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/01 06:52 PM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/01 06:58 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/01 07:23 PM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/01 07:25 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/01 08:21 PM Stand for... Fiberbabe 07/02/01 05:33 PM Re: who understands... wsieber 07/02/01 01:17 PM Re: who understands... Jazzoctopus 07/01/01 10:07 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,990 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 257 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,956 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,953 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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