-stan "koborsthan" ( "") "graveyard/cemetery", known as "Qabaristan" as (). Originally an independent noun, this morpheme evolved into a suffix by virtue of appearing frequently as the last part in nominal compounds. It is of Indo-Iranian and ultimately Indo-European origin: It is cognate with Sanskrit "" (Devanagari: ), meaning "the act of standing", from which many further meanings derive, including "place, location; abode, dwelling", and ultimately descends from Proto-Indo-Iranian . The Proto-Indo-European root from which this noun is derived is (older reconstruction ) "to stand" (or "to stand up, to step (somewhere), to position (oneself)"), which is also the source of
Shall and will or necessity or obligation. The verb "will" derives from Old English "willan", meaning to want or wish. Cognates include Old Norse "vilja", German "wollen" (ich/er/sie will, meaning I/he/she want/s to), Dutch "willen", Gothic "wiljan". It also has relatives in non-Germanic languages, such as Latin "velle" ("wish for") and "voluptas" ("pleasure"), and Polish "woleć" ("prefer"). All of these forms derive from the e-grade or o-grade of Indo-European *"wel-", meaning to wish for or desire. Within English, the modal verb "will" is also related to the noun "will" and the regular lexical verb "will" (as in "She willed him on"). Early Germanic