Where does “Bundeshauptstadt” come from?

Bundeshauptstadt (German) comes from German Hauptstadt, from German Stadt, from Middle High German stat, from Old High German stat, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Bundeshauptstadt (German): federal capital capital city of a federal union

Definitions

  1. federal capital capital city of a federal union

Ancestry of “Bundeshauptstadt”, step by step

Bundeshauptstadt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hauptstadt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHauptstadtcapital
2GermanStadtcity; town; city center
3Middle High Germanstatbank, shore
4Old High GermanstatA city; a town; A site; a place; a spot
5Proto-West Germanicstadiplace
6Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
8Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via German bund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbundalliance, federation, league
2Middle High Germanbunt—
3Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic stadiz →