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Where does “Stanze” come from?

Stanze (German) comes from Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin stantia, from Latin stāns, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Ancestry of “Stanze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstanzaroom; stanza
2Vulgar Latinstantiastanding, stopping-place; nominative neuter...
3Latinstāns—
4Latinstō—
5Proto-Italicstaēōstand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
7Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “Stanze”

  • štanca
  • штанца
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →