steunen.
to support, keep up, back up, assist
Meaning & usage
to support, keep up, back up, assist
to rest, be based or founded on
to moan, groan
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch stōnen, from Old Dutch *stonōn, *stunōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stunōn (“to sound, crash, bang, strike, knock”), from Proto-Germanic *stunōną (“to make a loud sound, thunder, crash, rumble, groan”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”).
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