Where does “ゲシュタルト” come from?

ゲシュタルト (Japanese) comes from German gestalt, from Middle High German gestalt, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

ゲシュタルト (Japanese): gestalt

Definitions

  1. gestalt

Ancestry of “ゲシュタルト”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangestaltshape, form, figure, outline
2Middle High Germangestalt—
3Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “ゲシュタルト”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stalljan →Every word from Middle High German gestalt →
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