Where does “Lustgarten” come from?
Lustgarten (German) comes from German garten, 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-.
Lustgarten (German): pleasure garden
Definitions
- pleasure garden
Ancestry of “Lustgarten”, step by step
Lustgarten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German garten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | garten | inflection of garen: ## first/third-person plural... |
| 2 | German | Stadt | city; town; city center |
| 3 | Middle High German | stat | bank, shore |
| 4 | Old High German | stat | A city; a town; A site; a place; a spot |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via German lust
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | lust | with desire; the wish to do or have something |
| 2 | Middle High German | lust | — |
| 3 | Old High German | lust | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lustu | desire, want, lust |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lustuz | lust, desire, want |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lausaz | loose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewH- | louse |