Where does “Stadt” come from?

Stadt (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-.

Stadt (German): city; town; city center

Definitions

  1. city; town; city center

Ancestry of “Stadt”, 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 “Stadt”

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