shtetl

• 犹太人小村

来自依地语 shtetl,小镇，小词形式于德语 Stadt,城镇，来自 PIE*sta,站，站立，词源同 stand,state.

shtetl (n.)

Jewish small town or village in Eastern Europe, 1949, from Yiddish, literally "little town," from diminutive of German Stadt "city, town," from Old High German stat "place," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).