Where does “Pattstellung” come from?

Pattstellung (German) comes from German Patt, from French pat, from Italian patta, from French patté, from Old French pade, from Vulgar Latin patta, from Frankish patta, from Proto-Germanic pat-.

Pattstellung (German): stalemate

Definitions

  1. stalemate

Ancestry of “Pattstellung”, step by step

Pattstellung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Patt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPattstalemate; stalemate; tie
2Frenchpatstalemate
3Italianpattaflap; fly; draw, tie
4FrenchpattéNarrow at the inner end, and very broad at the...
5Old Frenchpadefoot; paw
6Vulgar Latinpattapaw, foot
7Frankishpattapaw, sole of the foot
8Proto-Germanicpat-—

via German Stellung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStellungposition
2GermanStellengerund of stellen; plural of Stelle
3Middle High Germanstellento put, to place
4Old High Germanstellen—
5Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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