Where does “gestalt” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gestalt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “gestalt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stalljan →