Where does “bystat” come from?
bystat (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål stat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.
bystat (Norwegian Bokmål): a city state
Ancestry of “bystat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | stat | a state |
| 2 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen:
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| 4 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 5 | Latin | stātus | — |
| 6 | Latin | stō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |