Etymograph

English

stathe

Stathe comes from Old English steþ ‘bank, shore’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *staþą.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*staþą1reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150steþ1‘bank, shore’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stathe1
  4. Englishtodaystathe1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English stathe

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*staþąWiktionary, English stathereconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150steþWiktionary, English stathe‘bank, shore’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500statheWiktionary, English stathe
  4. EnglishtodaystatheWiktionary, English stathe

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *staþą

Today it means

noun A landing-place; wharf.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stathe”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *staþą / stathe

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