diff --git a/src/components/TableGrid.vue b/src/components/TableGrid.vue
index 5076940..e0b9b75 100644
--- a/src/components/TableGrid.vue
+++ b/src/components/TableGrid.vue
@@ -137,6 +137,20 @@ const clipMarqueeStyle = computed(() => {
     height: rowTop(k.r1 + 1) - top + 'px',
   };
 });
+/** The copy/cut selection's *own* first cell, called out inside the marquee
+ *  even once the live selection has moved on to pick a paste destination
+ *  (which is when `is-active` no longer sits there). */
+const clipAnchorStyle = computed(() => {
+  const k = clipRect.value;
+  if (!k || k.tableId !== props.tableId) return null;
+  const { col, row } = k.anchor;
+  return {
+    left: colLeft(col) + 'px',
+    top: rowTop(row) + 'px',
+    width: colWidth(col) + 'px',
+    height: rowH(row) + 'px',
+  };
+});
 
 const clampC = (c: number) => Math.max(0, Math.min((table.value?.cols ?? 1) - 1, c));
 const clampR = (r: number) => Math.max(0, Math.min((table.value?.rows ?? 1) - 1, r));
@@ -771,6 +785,7 @@ defineExpose({
         </tbody>
       </table>
       <div v-if="clipMarqueeStyle" class="clip-marquee" :style="clipMarqueeStyle" />
+      <div v-if="clipAnchorStyle" class="clip-anchor" :style="clipAnchorStyle" />
     </div>
 
     <ContextMenu v-model:open="menu.open" :x="menu.x" :y="menu.y" :items="menuItems" />
@@ -909,6 +924,14 @@ defineExpose({
     opacity: 0.45;
   }
 }
+/* the copy/cut selection's own first cell -- called out inside the marquee
+   even once the live selection has moved elsewhere to pick a paste target */
+.clip-anchor {
+  position: absolute;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px var(--accent);
+  z-index: 8;
+}
 .handle {
   position: absolute;
   right: -3px;
diff --git a/src/store/__tests__/document.spec.ts b/src/store/__tests__/document.spec.ts
index 901bfd8..5fda3e4 100644
--- a/src/store/__tests__/document.spec.ts
+++ b/src/store/__tests__/document.spec.ts
@@ -565,6 +565,29 @@ describe('clipboard: copy / cut / paste', () => {
     expect(s.hasClipboard.value).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it('clipboardRect keeps the copy source\'s own anchor after the live selection moves elsewhere', () => {
+    const s = fresh();
+    const id = s.addTable(s.doc.activeSheetId);
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('B2'), focus: coords('B5') });
+    s.copySelection();
+    expect(s.clipboardRect.value?.anchor).toEqual(coords('B2'));
+
+    // picking a paste destination elsewhere must not move the source's anchor marker
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('D2'), focus: coords('D5') });
+    expect(s.clipboardRect.value?.anchor).toEqual(coords('B2'));
+    expect(s.clipboardRect.value).toMatchObject({ tableId: id, c0: 1, c1: 1, r0: 1, r1: 4 });
+  });
+
+  it('the source anchor is the drag\'s own start cell, not the rectangle\'s top-left corner', () => {
+    const s = fresh();
+    const id = s.addTable(s.doc.activeSheetId);
+    // dragged bottom-right -> top-left: anchor is B5, not the normalised B2
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('B5'), focus: coords('B2') });
+    s.copySelection();
+    expect(s.clipboardRect.value?.anchor).toEqual(coords('B5'));
+    expect(s.clipboardRect.value).toMatchObject({ c0: 1, c1: 1, r0: 1, r1: 4 });
+  });
+
   it('copy leaves $-locked axes exactly as typed; a relative axis still shifts', () => {
     const s = fresh();
     const id = s.addTable(s.doc.activeSheetId);
diff --git a/src/store/document.ts b/src/store/document.ts
index cf86af1..44c1cde 100644
--- a/src/store/document.ts
+++ b/src/store/document.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ interface ClipboardData {
   cells: Map<string, ClipboardCell>;
   /** cut (Strg+X) vs. copy (Strg+C) -- a cut buffer is consumed by its first paste. */
   cut: boolean;
+  /** the copy/cut selection's own anchor -- the *first* cell picked, which is
+   *  not necessarily `rect`'s top-left corner (a drag can start anywhere).
+   *  Kept so the source marker can still point it out after the current
+   *  selection has moved elsewhere -- see `clipboardRect`. */
+  anchor: CellCoord;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -884,10 +889,12 @@ function createStore() {
   // ---- clipboard (copy / cut / paste) --------------------------
   /** True while a copy/cut buffer is held (enables "Einfügen" in menus). */
   const hasClipboard = computed(() => clipboard.value !== null);
-  /** Source rectangle of the current buffer -- drives the dashed source marker. */
+  /** Source rectangle of the current buffer -- drives the dashed source marker
+   *  and its anchor-cell indicator (which stays put once the live selection
+   *  has moved on to pick a paste destination). */
   const clipboardRect = computed(() => {
     const cb = clipboard.value;
-    return cb ? { tableId: cb.tableId, ...cb.rect, cut: cb.cut } : null;
+    return cb ? { tableId: cb.tableId, ...cb.rect, cut: cb.cut, anchor: cb.anchor } : null;
   });
 
   function copyOrCut(cut: boolean) {
@@ -912,6 +919,7 @@ function createStore() {
       height: r.r1 - r.r0 + 1,
       cells,
       cut,
+      anchor: { ...s.anchor },
     };
   }
   const copySelection = () => copyOrCut(false);