shtetl
English
/ˈʃtɛt(ə)l/
noun
Definitions
- A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe.
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שטעטל (village, small town) derived from Old High German stat derived from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (place, location, a standing) derived from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (standing, position).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*stéh₂tis
Gloss
standing, position
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Altstadt German
- Asylstadt German
- Donaustadt German
- Elbstadt German
- Gartenstadt German
- Geisterstadt German
- Glückstadt German
- Hansestadt German
- Hauptstadt German
- Innenstadt German
- Kapstadt German
- Millionenstadt German
- Rheinstadt German
- Schlafstadt German
- Schtetl German
- Seinestadt German
- Spreestadt German
- Stadt German
- Stadtbezirk German
- Stadtbibliothek German
- Stadtbummel German
- Stadtbücherei German
- Stadtgebiet German
- Stadtgespräch German
- Stadthaus German
- Stadtluft German
- Stadtmauer German
- Stadtmitte German
- Stadtmusikant German
- Stadtplan German
- Stadtplanung German
- Stadtrand German
- Stadtrandgebiet German
- Stadtrat German
- Stadtstaat German
- Stadtviertel German
- Stadtzentrum German
- Städtepartnerschaft German
- Städter German
- Tajostadt German
- Tejostadt German
- Themsestadt German
- Tiberstadt German
- Universitätsstadt German
- Vaterstadt German
- Vorstadt German
- Weichselstadt German
- Weltstadt German
- Wolgastadt German
- Zeltstadt German
- stadtbekannt German
- stadtbremisch German
- städtisch German
- shtetl French
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *stéh₂tis Proto-Indo-European
- *upo Proto-Indo-European
- *stadiz Proto-Germanic
- sztetl Polish
- stede Old English
- स्थिति Sanskrit
- staðr Old Norse
- steðja Old Norse
- štetl Czech
- estaye Old French
- štetl Serbo-Croatian
- штетл Serbo-Croatian
- stat Old High German
- stat Middle High German
- Stad Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- ־ל Yiddish
- שטאָט Yiddish
- שטעטל Yiddish
- שטעטלדיק Yiddish
- *stadi gmw-pro
- stad Old Dutch
- stat Old Dutch
- stedi Old Dutch
- stedi Old Saxon
- *stad Frankish
- stede Old Frisian
- xtat Hunsrik
- steed North Frisian
- *státis Proto-Hellenic