Where does “halbstaatlich” come from?
halbstaatlich (German) comes from German staatlich, from German Staat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.
halbstaatlich (German): semipublic
Definitions
- semipublic
Ancestry of “halbstaatlich”, step by step
halbstaatlich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German staatlich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | staatlich | belonging or referring to the state |
| 2 | German | Staat | country; state; state; authorities; state |
| 3 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen: ## third-person singular... |
| 5 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 6 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 7 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via German halb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | halb | half, halfway; a half-hour before, thirty minutes... |
| 2 | Middle High German | halp | — |
| 3 | Old High German | halb | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | halb | half |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | halbaz | half |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |