Where does “stad” come from?

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

stad (Old Dutch): a site, place, location, standing

Definitions

  1. a site, place, location, standing

Ancestry of “stad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
3Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic stadiz →