Where does “stade” come from?

stade (Middle Dutch) comes from Frankish stad, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stade (Middle Dutch): a prop, stay, help, aid

Definitions

  1. a prop, stay, help, aid

Ancestry of “stade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishstada site, place, location, standing
2Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic stadiz →
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