Where does “stede” come from?

stede (Middle English) comes from Old English stede, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stede (Middle English): place, location; place, stead; city; stead

Definitions

  1. place, location; place, stead; city; stead

Ancestry of “stede”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstedeplace
2Proto-West Germanicstadiplace
3Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stede”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →