Where does “Kleinstaaterei” come from?
Kleinstaaterei (German) comes from German Kleinstaat, from German Staat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.
Kleinstaaterei (German): political fragmentation of a country into many...
Definitions
- political fragmentation of a country into many...
Ancestry of “Kleinstaaterei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Kleinstaat | microstate |
| 2 | German | Staat | country; state; state; authorities; state |
| 3 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen:
## third-person singular... |
| 5 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 6 | Latin | stātus | — |
| 7 | Latin | stō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |