Where does “hôvetstat” come from?

hôvetstat (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch stat, from Old Dutch stad, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

hôvetstat (Middle Dutch): the most prominent town or city in a region

Definitions

  1. the most prominent town or city in a region

Ancestry of “hôvetstat”, step by step

hôvetstat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch stat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstatplace; position, station; rank, status
2Old Dutchstada site, place, location, standing
3Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via Middle Dutch hôvet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchhôvethead
2Old Dutchhōvithead
3Proto-West Germanic*haubud—
4Proto-Germanichaubudąhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáput-head

Words derived from “hôvetstat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic stadiz →
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