The story
- Middle English · inherited fromstandisshe
- English todaystandish
From Middle English standisshe, standys, standyshe, stantif, stantys, staundische, staundys, stauntyff, stauntys, stonndis, stontis, possibly equivalent to stand (noun or verb) + -ish (forms with -f may be substantival uses of Middle English stantif (“standing”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.