Where does “retsstat” come from?

retsstat (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.

retsstat (Danish): a nation of laws; a state governed by rule of law

Definitions

  1. a nation of laws; a state governed by rule of law

Ancestry of “retsstat”, step by step

retsstat 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 ret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishretstraight; right, proper; rightful
2Old Norseréttrright
3Proto-Germanicrehtazright, straight; morally upright, just
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵtósstraightened, right, upright
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →