Where does “delstat” come from?

delstat (Danish) comes from Danish stat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.

delstat (Danish): a member state in a confederational nation, such...

Definitions

  1. a member state in a confederational nation, such...

Ancestry of “delstat”, step by step

delstat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish stat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishstatA state
2Middle Low Germanstāt—
3Middle Dutchstaetinflection of stâen: ## third-person singular...
4Old Frenchestatstate; government; condition
5Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
6Latinstōto stand
7Proto-Italicstaēōstand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
9Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via Danish del

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdelpart, portion; proportion; share, portion
2Middle Low Germandēl—
3Old Saxondēlpart, share, portion
4Proto-West Germanicdailipart
5Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

Words derived from “delstat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →