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- Proto-Germanic*staþą
- Old Englishsteþ
- Middle Englishstathe
- Englishstathe
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.
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stathe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stathe
“stathe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stathe. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stathe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stathe.
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