Where does “stad” come from?

stad (Bavarian) comes from Middle High German stat, from Old High German stat, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stad (Bavarian): quiet, silent

Definitions

  1. quiet, silent

Ancestry of “stad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstatbank, shore
2Old High GermanstatA city; a town; A site; a place; a spot
3Proto-West Germanicstadiplace
4Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
6Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic stadiz →