Where does “Schottergarten” come from?

Schottergarten (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-.

Schottergarten (German): gravel garden a garden completely surfaced with gravel

Definitions

  1. gravel garden a garden completely surfaced with gravel

Ancestry of “Schottergarten”, step by step

Schottergarten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German garten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangarteninflection of garen: ## first/third-person plural...
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 Schotter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchottergravel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic stadiz →