Where does “výstaviště” come from?
výstaviště (Czech) comes from Czech výstava, from Czech vyšťavit, from Czech stavit, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ — to stand still; to harden.
výstaviště (Czech): exhibition centre, convention center
Definitions
- exhibition centre, convention center
Ancestry of “výstaviště”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | výstava | exhibition |
| 2 | Czech | vyšťavit | to tire, to exhaust |
| 3 | Czech | stavit | To build; to come by, to stop by |
| 4 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 5 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 6 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 7 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 8 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |