Where does “Provinzhauptstadt” come from?

Provinzhauptstadt (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-.

Provinzhauptstadt (German): provincial capital

Definitions

  1. provincial capital

Ancestry of “Provinzhauptstadt”, step by step

Provinzhauptstadt 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 Provinz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanProvinzprovince; hinterland; backwater
2Middle High Germanprovincie—
3Latinprōvinciaoffice, official duty, command, formal responsibility given to a magistrate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic stadiz →