Where does “gestalt” come from?

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

gestalt (Swedish): a figure ((shape of a) being, especially a human or human-like being)

Definitions

  1. a figure ((shape of a) being, especially a human or human-like being)

Ancestry of “gestalt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangestaltshape, form, figure, outline
2Middle High Germangestalt—
3Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
4Proto-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 →Every word from Middle High German gestalt →