Where does “Kinshasa” come from?
Kinshasa (English) comes from Hungarian kg, from English kindergarten, from German Kindergarten, from German garten, from German Stadt, from Middle High German stat, from Old High German stat, from Proto-West Germanic stadi.
Kinshasa (English): (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River
Definitions
- (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River
Ancestry of “Kinshasa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kg | — |
| 2 | English | kindergarten | An educational institution for young children,... |
| 3 | German | Kindergarten | nursery school; kindergarten; day care center |
| 4 | German | garten | inflection of garen: ## first/third-person plural... |
| 5 | German | Stadt | city; town; city center |
| 6 | Middle High German | stat | bank, shore |
| 7 | Old High German | stat | A city; a town; A site; a place; a spot |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |