sztetl
Polish
noun
Definitions
- (historical) shtetl (Jewish village or small town)
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
- shtetl English
- Schtetl German
- shtetl French
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *stéh₂tis Proto-Indo-European
- *upo Proto-Indo-European
- *stadiz Proto-Germanic
- 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