Where does “געשטאַלט” come from?
געשטאַלט (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German gestalt, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.
געשטאַלט (Yiddish): form, figure; shape
Ancestry of “געשטאַלט”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | gestalt | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | stalljan | to put, to place |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |