stathe

Betekenis (Engels)

A landing-place; wharf.

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: stathe

Geërf van Old English: steþ

Verwante met Old Frisian: sted

Verwante met Middle High German: stat

Verwante met Duits: Gestade

Verwante met Noors: stad

Verwante met Yslands: stöð

Verwante met Old English: stede

In summary

From Middle English stathe, from Old English steþ, stæþ (“bank, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *staþą, *staþaz, *staþwō (“bank, shore”). Cognate with Old Frisian sted (“bank, shore”), Middle High German stat (“bank, shore”) (German Gestade), dialectal Norwegian stad (“riverbank”), Icelandic stöð (“a harbour, roadstead, port, landing”); akin to Old English stede (“place”). More at stead.