Where does “גן ילדים” come from?
גן ילדים (Hebrew) comes from German Kindergarten, from German garten, from German Stadt, from Middle High German stat, from Old High German stat, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis.
גן ילדים (Hebrew): kindergarten
Definitions
- kindergarten
Ancestry of “גן ילדים”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kindergarten | nursery school; kindergarten; day care center |
| 2 | German | garten | inflection of garen: ## first/third-person plural... |
| 3 | German | Stadt | city; town; city center |
| 4 | Middle High German | stat | bank, shore |
| 5 | Old High German | stat | A city; a town; A site; a place; a spot |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |