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Where does “stedi” come from?

stedi (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stedi (Old Saxon): place; city

Definitions

  1. place; city

Ancestry of “stedi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stedi”

  • stēde
  • hovidstedi
  • Stee
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