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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-.

Ancestry of “hôvetstat”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hôvetstat”

  • provinciehoofdstad
  • hoofdstad
  • hoofstad
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