Where does “staat” come from?

staat (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

staat (Dutch): state, condition; state; table, list, chart

Definitions

  1. state, condition; state; table, list, chart

Ancestry of “staat”, step by step

staat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch staet

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

via Dutch lijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlijkThe dead but otherwise intact body of a human or...
2Middle Dutchlijc—
3Old Dutchlīk—
4Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
5Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “staat”

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