Where does “Grabstätte” come from?

Grabstätte (German) comes from German Stätte, 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-.

Grabstätte (German): gravesite

Definitions

  1. gravesite

Ancestry of “Grabstätte”, step by step

Grabstätte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Stätte

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

via German grab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangrabgrave
2Middle High Germangrapgrave
3Old High Germangrapgrave; tomb
4Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic stadiz →