| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry inständig. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
inständig, adjective, ‘instant, urgent,’ from the equivalent Middle High German *instęndec; Old High German instęndigo is recorded once. Allied to stehen (gestanden); perhaps an imitation of Latin insistere, ‘to pursue zealously’?.