bestand:

From Middle English bistanden, bestanden, from Old English bi?standan, bestandan ?(“to stand round or about; beset; surround attend to; support; harass”), from Proto-Germanic *bistandan? ?(“to surround, support”), equivalent to be- +? stand. Cognate with Dutch bestaan ?(“to exist, subsist, live”), German bestehen ?(“to exist, endure, be available”), Swedish best? ?(“to consist, continue, endure, provide”).