Where does “Zustand” come from?

Zustand (German) comes from German zustehen, from German zu-, from Middle High German zuo-, from Old High German zuo-, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Zustand (German): condition; state; The state pattern

Definitions

  1. condition; state; The state pattern

Ancestry of “Zustand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzustehento be entitled; to occur
2Germanzu-Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form...
3Middle High Germanzuo-—
4Old High Germanzuo-—
5Proto-West Germanic*tō—
6Proto-Germanictōto
7Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
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