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Where does “Stätte” come from?

Stätte (German) comes 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-.

Stätte (German): venue, place, spot

Definitions

  1. venue, place, spot

Ancestry of “Stätte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstatbank, shore
2Old High GermanstatA city; a town; A site; a place; a spot
3Proto-West Germanicstadiplace
4Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
6Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “Stätte”

  • lagerstätte
  • Autobahnraststätte
  • Raststätte
  • Strontiumlagerstätte
  • Begegnungsstätte
  • Fundstätte
  • Sekundärlagerstätte
  • Lagerstätte
  • Goldlagerstätte
  • Salzlagerstätte
  • Silberlagerstätte
  • Schwefellagerstätte
  • Gaststätte
  • Tagesstätte
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