Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stadi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stadiz.

Noun

*stadi m[1]

place

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stadi
Genitive	*stadī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stadi	*stadī
Accusative	*stadi	*stadī
Genitive	*stadī	*staddjō
Dative	*stadī	*stadim
Instrumental	*stadī	*stadim

Descendants

Old English: stede
- Middle English: stede
  - Scots: steid, sted
  - English: stead
Old Frisian: stede
- Saterland Frisian: Steede, Stääd
- West Frisian: stêd
Old Saxon: stedi
- Middle Low German: stēde
  - German Low German: Stee
Old Dutch: stat
- Middle Dutch: stat
  - Dutch: stad
Old High German: stat
- Middle High German: stat
  - German: Statt, hence Stätte, Stadt
    - → Pennsylvania German: Schtadt, Schtedt
    - → Hunsrik: xtat
  - Luxembourgish: Stad
  - Vilamovian: śtod
  - Yiddish: שטאָט‎ (shtot), שטעטל‎ (shtetl)
    - → English: shtetl

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 288: “PWGmc *stadi”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 288: “PWGmc *stadi”