Where does “shtetas” come from?
shtetas (Albanian) comes from Albanian shtet, from Albanian shtat, from Russian штат, from German Staat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus.
shtetas (Albanian): citizen (of a country)
Definitions
- citizen (of a country)
Ancestry of “shtetas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albanian | shtet | state |
| 2 | Albanian | shtat | structure of the body, figure |
| 3 | Russian | штат | state; staff |
| 4 | German | Staat | country; state; state; authorities; state |
| 5 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen: ## third-person singular... |
| 7 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 8 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 9 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |