Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful. · To fill the stead or place of something.
The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor. · A place as it relates to a role, service, or ability; capacity. · A relational or circumstantial position; standing. · A place as it relates to situation, circumstance, or status; condition.
From Middle English sted, stede (noun) and steden (verb), from Old English stede, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing, location”). Doublet of stad. cognates and related terms Cognate with Scots steid (“location, place”), North Frisian Stair, Stat, steed, stää (“city, town; place, stead”), Saterland Frisian Steede (“place, stead”), Stääd (“city, town”), West Frisian stêd (“city, town”), Bavarian Stådt (“city, town”), Dutch stad, stede (“city, town”), German Stadt (“city, town”), Statt (“abode, place, stead”), Stätte (“place, spot, venue”), German Low German Stee (“location, place”), Luxembourgish Stad (“city, town”), Vilamovian śtaod (“city, town”), Yiddish שטאָט (shtot, “city, town”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål stad (“city, town”), sted (“place”), Faroese stað (“place”), staður (“location, place; town”), Icelandic staður (“location, place”), Norn sta (“domicile, farm”), Norwegian Nynorsk stad (“place; city, town”), Swedish stad, stadh, stedt (“city, town”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (staþs, “location, place”). See the doublet stasis.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*steh₂-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionstedenm
- Inherited-form mentionstedeang
- Inherited-form mention*stadizgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*stéh₂tisine-pro
- Doublet mentionstaden
- Cognate mentionsteidsco
- Cognate mentionStairfrr
- Cognate mentionSteedestq
- Cognate mentionstêdfy
- Cognate mentionStådtbar
- Cognate mentionstadnl
- Cognate mentionStadtde
- Cognate mentionStadlb
- Cognate mentionśtaodwym
- Cognate mentionשטאָטyi
- Cognate mentionstadnb
- Cognate mentionstaðfo
- Cognate mentionstaðuris
- Cognate mentionstanrn
- Cognate mentionstadnn
- Cognate mentionstadsv
- Cognate mention𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃got
- Doublet mentionstasisen
This page abbreviates 5 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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"expansion": "Scots steid (“location, place”)"
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"name": "cog",
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"2": "Stair"
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"expansion": "North Frisian Stair"
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
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"2": "Steede",
"3": "",
"4": "place, stead"
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"3": "",
"4": "city, town"
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"3": "",
"4": "city, town"
},
"expansion": "German Stadt (“city, town”)"
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"3": "",
"4": "location, place"
},
"expansion": "German Low German Stee (“location, place”)"
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"name": "cog",
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"3": "",
"4": "city, town"
},
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},
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "wym",
"2": "śtaod",
"3": "",
"4": "city, town"
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"3": "",
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"3": "",
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "is",
"2": "staður",
"3": "",
"4": "location, place"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic staður (“location, place”)"
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"3": "",
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"2": "𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃",
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"stasis#English"
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"To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.",
"To fill the stead or place of something."
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"A place as it relates to situation, circumstance, or status; condition."
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